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Where does “মইনা” come from?

মইনা (Assamese) comes from Sanskrit मदन, from Sanskrit मद्, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- — to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

মইনা (Assamese): hill myna; honey, baby, darling, sweetheart; a...

Definitions

  1. hill myna; honey, baby, darling, sweetheart; a...

Ancestry of “মইনা”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritमदनbeeswax
2Sanskritमद्the stem of अहम् , the first-person personal...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂d-to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...
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