Where does “ঙাপ্পি” come from?

ঙাপ্পি (Bengali) comes from Burmese ငါးပိ, from Burmese ငါး, from Sino-Tibetan *l-ŋaʔ.

ঙাপ্পি (Bengali): ngapi; fish preserve; fish or shrimp paste

Definitions

  1. ngapi; fish preserve; fish or shrimp paste

Ancestry of “ঙাপ্পি”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseငါးပိngapi; fish preserve; fish or shrimp paste
2Burmeseငါးfive; fish
3Sino-Tibetan*l-ŋaʔ—
Every word from Sino-Tibetan *l-ŋaʔ →Every word from Burmese ငါး →Every word from Burmese ငါးပိ →