Where does “ကတ်ကြေး” come from?

ကတ်ကြေး (Burmese) comes from Hindi क़ैंची, from Persian قیچی, from Azerbaijani qayçı, from Proto-Mongolic kaïcï — scissors.

ကတ်ကြေး (Burmese): scissors

Definitions

  1. scissors

Ancestry of “ကတ်ကြေး”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiक़ैंचीscissors
2Persianقیچیscissors
3Azerbaijaniqayçıscissors
4Proto-Mongolickaïcïscissors

Words derived from “ကတ်ကြေး”

Every word from Proto-Mongolic kaïcï →Every word from Azerbaijani qayçı →Every word from Persian قیچی →