Where does “রাখাইন” come from?

রাখাইন (Bengali) comes from Rakhine ရခိုင်, from Pali Rākkhasa, from Sanskrit राक्षस — a demon in general, an evil or malignant demon; a...

রাখাইন (Bengali): An ethnic group in Myanmar (Burma)

Definitions

  1. An ethnic group in Myanmar (Burma)

Ancestry of “রাখাইন”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Rakhineရခိုင်Rakhine, an ethnic group in Myanmar (Burma)
2PaliRākkhasademon, fiend
3Sanskritराक्षसa demon in general, an evil or malignant demon; a...
Every word from Sanskrit राक्षस →Every word from Pali Rākkhasa →Every word from Rakhine ရခိုင် →