Where does “ကောင်းရာသုဂတိ” come from?
ကောင်းရာသုဂတိ (Burmese) comes from Burmese ရာ, from Old Burmese ရျာ, from Sino-Tibetan *pV-rja(k).
ကောင်းရာသုဂတိ (Burmese): better future existence cf. better place in English
Definitions
- better future existence cf. better place in English
Ancestry of “ကောင်းရာသုဂတိ”, step by step
ကောင်းရာသုဂတိ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese ရာ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ရာ | hundred |
| 2 | Old Burmese | ရျာ | — |
| 3 | Sino-Tibetan | *pV-rja(k) | — |
via Burmese သုဂတိ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | သုဂတိ | the three pleasant realms of existence |
| 2 | Pali | sugati | — |
via Burmese ကောင်း
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ကောင်း | good |