Where does “ခေမာရဋ္ဌ” come from?

ခေမာရဋ္ဌ (Burmese) comes from Pali raṭṭha, from Sanskrit राष्ट्र, from Sanskrit धृतराष्ट्र — King of Hastinapura, husband of Gandhari, and the father of the Kauravas.

Ancestry of “ခေမာရဋ္ဌ”, step by step

ခေမာရဋ္ဌ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Pali raṭṭha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Paliraṭṭhacountry, reign, kingdom
2Sanskritराष्ट्रa kingdom, realm, empire, dominion, district, country
3Sanskritधृतराष्ट्रKing of Hastinapura, husband of Gandhari, and the father of the Kauravas

via Pali khema

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palikhemasafe
2Sanskritक्षेमbasis, foundation; basis, security; basis,...
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