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Where does “ကိရိယာ” come from?

ကိရိယာ (Burmese) comes from Pali kiriyā, from Sanskrit क्रिया, from Sanskrit आ, from Sanskrit धा, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰaH-.

ကိရိယာ (Burmese): tool, instrument, implement

Definitions

  1. tool, instrument, implement

Ancestry of “ကိရိယာ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palikiriyāaction; deed; performance
2Sanskritक्रियाdoing, performing, performance, occupation with ,...
3Sanskritआseparated form of आ-; With senses determined by...
4Sanskritधा—
5Proto-Indo-European*dʰaH-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *dʰaH- →