Where does “ကရဝေး” come from?
ကရဝေး (Burmese) comes from Arabic كَرَاوِيَا, from Ancient Greek καρώ, from Ancient Greek κάρη — Homeric and Ionic form of κᾰ́ρᾱ.
ကရဝေး (Burmese): name applied to some trees of the Cinnamomum spp, C. inunctum, C. multiflorum, etc
Definitions
- name applied to some trees of the Cinnamomum spp, C. inunctum, C. multiflorum, etc
Ancestry of “ကရဝေး”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | كَرَاوِيَا | caraway |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | καρώ | caraway (Carum carvi) |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κάρη | Homeric and Ionic form of κᾰ́ρᾱ |