Where does “စစ်တုရင်” come from?
စစ်တုရင် (Burmese) comes from Pali caturaṅga, from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग, from Sanskrit चतुर्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan ćatwā́ras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian čatwā́ras, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.
စစ်တုရင် (Burmese): Myanmar chess, sittuyin; chess
Definitions
- Myanmar chess, sittuyin; chess
Ancestry of “စစ်တုရင်”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Pali | caturaṅga | a type of chess; a set of four members |
| 2 | Sanskrit | चतुरङ्ग | having 4 limbs; comprising elephants, chariots,... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | चतुर् | four |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | ćatwā́ras | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | čatwā́ras | four |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |