Ohn | |
|---|---|
အုန်း | |
 MA Ma Ohn in 1938 | |
| Born | July 6, 1913 |
| Died | November 28, 2003 (aged 90) |
| Nationality | Burmese |
| Occupation(s) | Pali linguist Writer |
| Parent(s) | U Kyaw Ya (father) Daw Daw Khin (mother) |
| Awards | Naingngan Gonyi (Second Class) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | MA (Pali) |
| Alma mater | University of Yangon |
| Thesis | (1938) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Linguist |
| Institutions | Professor and head of the Department of Buddhistic Studies, Mandalay University |
Ohn (Burmese: အုန်း, pronounced [ʔóʊɰ̃]; 6 July 1913 – 28 November 2003), known honorifically as M.A. Daw Ohn (Burmese: အမ်အေ ဒေါ်အုန်း), was a 20th-century Burmese activist, scholar and professor who specialized in the Pali language and the oriental studies and served as the head of the Department of Buddhistic Studies at the University of Mandalay from 1958 to 1966.[1] She is regarded as the mother of the Department of Oriental Studies of Mandalay University.[2]
Ohn was one of the founders of independent Mandalay University where she served as the Dean of the Faculty of Arts.[2] She received Naingngan Gonyi (Second Class) order given by the government in 1980.[2]
- ^ "Oriental Studies | Mandalay University - Myanmar".
- ^ a b c "အမျိုးသားရေးတက်ကြွလှုပ်ရှားသူ အမ်အေဒေါ်အုန်း သို့မဟုတ် ပါဠိ(အရှေ့တိုင်းပညာဌာန) မန္တလေးတက္ကသိုလ်၏မိခင်ကြီး". MDN - Myanmar DigitalNews (in Burmese).