Where does “ကပ်စေးနှဲ” come from?
ကပ်စေးနှဲ (Burmese) comes from Burmese ကပ်, from Pali kappa, from Sanskrit कल्प, from Sanskrit -अ, from Sanskrit भाग्य, from Sanskrit भाग, from Proto-Indo-Iranian bʰāgás, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂gós — Paleo-Balkan oak.
ကပ်စေးနှဲ (Burmese): stingy person, miserly person
Definitions
- stingy person, miserly person
Ancestry of “ကပ်စေးနှဲ”, step by step
ကပ်စေးနှဲ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese ကပ်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ကပ် | kalpa |
| 2 | Pali | kappa | suitable |
| 3 | Sanskrit | कल्प | practicable, feasible, possible; proper, fit,... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | -अ | — |
| 5 | Sanskrit | भाग्य | luck, destiny, fate, fortune, chance, welfare,... |
| 6 | Sanskrit | भाग | part, portion, share, allotment; compartment,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | bʰāgás | division; allotment |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂gós | Paleo-Balkan oak |
via Burmese စေး
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | စေး | sticky, clammy |
via Burmese နှဲ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | နှဲ | a traditional Burmese double reed woodwind akin to an oboe |