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
- hill myna; honey, baby, darling, sweetheart; a...
Ancestry of “মইনা”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | मदन | beeswax |
| 2 | Sanskrit | मद् | the stem of अहम् , the first-person personal... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₂d- | to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,... |