Where does “ချိန်တာရာ” come from?

ချိန်တာရာ (Burmese) comes from Burmese တာရာ, from Pali tārā, from Sanskrit तारक, from Sanskrit तारा, from Sanskrit त, from Sanskrit स्तृ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hstā́, from Proto-Indo-European h₂stḗr — to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth.

ချိန်တာရာ (Burmese): constellation of stars from the hind legs of Ursa Major

Definitions

  1. constellation of stars from the hind legs of Ursa Major

Ancestry of “ချိန်တာရာ”, step by step

ချိန်တာရာ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese တာရာ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseတာရာconstellation
2PalitārāThe Pali root tar
3Sanskritतारकsomeone or something which delivers, "in the...
4Sanskritताराa fixed star, asterism; the pupil of the eye; a...
5Sanskritthis; that
6Sanskritस्तृa star
7Proto-Indo-IranianHstā́star
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂stḗrstar
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eHs-to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth

via Burmese ချိန်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseချိန်time inevitable progression into the future
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eHs-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂stḗrEvery word from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hstā́