Where does “ကရကဋ်” come from?

ကရကဋ် (Burmese) comes from Sanskrit कर्कट, from Proto-Indo-Aryan karkartas.

ကရကဋ် (Burmese): Cancer, the fourth sign of the zodiac

Definitions

  1. Cancer, the fourth sign of the zodiac

Ancestry of “ကရကဋ်”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritकर्कटcrab; the sign Cancer; a particular bird
2Proto-Indo-Aryankarkartas—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan karkartas →Every word from Sanskrit कर्कट →
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