单词 | thakin |
释义 | Thakinn. 1. A term of respectful address used by the people of Burma (Myanmar). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous forms of address or title > [noun] > for a man > in languages other than English Messer1566 signory1585 signor1592 signore1594 mynheer1605 signorship1633 tuan1779 Bwana1860 meneer1899 oga1917 Thakin1920 sayyid1964 1920 Blackwood's Mag. June 835/1 I do not know about the deer, thakin. 1934 ‘G. Orwell’ Burmese Days iv. 74 God go with you, thakin. 1957 ‘F. Clifford’ Ten Minutes on June Morning (1977) 39 ‘Who is it?’ I asked... ‘A Sikh, thakin.’ 2. A member of a militant nationalist movement that arose in Burma during the 1930s; also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > politics in India and Far East > [noun] > member of specific Burmese association Thakin1942 1942 J. L. Christian Mod. Burma xiii. 238 A current expression of nationalism in Burma is the ‘Thakin’ movement. 1942 J. L. Christian Mod. Burma xiii. 238 The Thakins..have done their country little good. 1971 W. Z. Laqueur Dict. Politics 66 During the 1930s popular pressure for independence led to anti-British riots, militant student strikes and the formation of political private armies, e.g. the Thakin Army which was trained in Japan. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia III. 515/1 The young Thakins won the trust of the villagers and emerged as leaders. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia IX. 923/1 Thant was educated at the University of Rangoon, where he met Thakin Nu (afterward U Nu, who became prime minister of Burma in 1948). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2018). > see alsoalso refers to : † tha-kinadj. < n.1920 see also |
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