Where does “ဂျလေဘီ” come from?
ဂျလေဘီ (Burmese) comes from Hindi जलेबी, from Urdu جلیبی, from Arabic جُلَاب, from Persian golâb, from Persian گل, from French gaule, from Middle French gaule, from Old French gaule — wet, damp.
ဂျလေဘီ (Burmese): jalebi
Definitions
- jalebi
Ancestry of “ဂျလေဘီ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hindi | जलेबी | jalebi |
| 2 | Urdu | جلیبی | jalebi |
| 3 | Arabic | جُلَاب | — |
| 4 | Persian | golâb | — |
| 5 | Persian | گل | rose; flower; the core of a watermelon |
| 6 | French | gaule | pole; fishing pole; boner |
| 7 | Middle French | gaule | Gaul (former name of France) |
| 8 | Old French | gaule | — |
| 9 | Frankish | Walhaland | Gaul, Land of the Romans, foreigners |
| 10 | Frankish | Walha | foreigners, Romans, Celts |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | walhaz | foreigner, non-Germanic person |
| 12 | Latin | Volcae | a Gallic tribal confederation; name of a Celtic... |
| 13 | Proto-Celtic | wolkos | hawk |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | welg- | wet, damp |