Where does “ဂန္ဓာရ” come from?
ဂန္ဓာရ (Burmese) comes from Sanskrit गन्धार — Gandhara, an ancient kingdom that occupied parts of present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan.
ဂန္ဓာရ (Burmese): Gandhara, an ancient kingdom in what is now India
Definitions
- Gandhara, an ancient kingdom in what is now India
Ancestry of “ဂန္ဓာရ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | गन्धार | Gandhara, an ancient kingdom that occupied parts of present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan |