Taungya is a Burmese word coined in Myanmar (Burma) during the mid-19th century by Sir Dietrich Brandis:
In the Burmese language, 'Taung' means hill and 'ya' means cultivation; hence, 'Taungya' literally translates to 'Hill cultivation'.
Originally a modified form of shifting cultivation, it was adapted into a silvicultural method where forest plantation trees (teak) were planted simultaneously with temporary agricultural crops on cleared hill slopes until tree canopies closed.
'तौंग्या' (Taungya) एक बर्मी शब्द है, जिसमें 'तौंग' (Taung) का अर्थ पहाड़/पहाड़ी और 'या' (ya) का अर्थ खेती होता है। अतः तौंग्या को 'पहाड़ी खेती' (Hill cultivation) भी कहा जाता है। इसे 1856 में सर डिट्रिच ब्रैंडिस द्वारा सागौन के बागान स्थापित करने के लिए लागू किया गया था।