Meanings
nounyahan (plural yahans)
plural yahans
- A Burmese Buddhist monk.
The yahans and phongyees rise from their mats, wash their faces and hands, rinse out their mouths and arrange their yellow robes […]
1897, Alice Marion Rowlands Hart, Picturesque Burma: Past & Present (page 287)1 more example
A yahan may not drive in a carriage or ride a pony. He must not travel in the same boat, or remain under the same roof with a woman, or even with a female animal.
1896, Sir James George Scott, The Burman, His Life and Notions (page 122)
Origin
- Burmeseယဟန်
- Englishyahan
From Burmese ယဟန် (ya.han).
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