Where does “নাপ্পি” come from?

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

নাপ্পি (Bengali): ngapi

Definitions

  1. ngapi

Ancestry of “নাপ্পি”, 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 →