Where does “ဆေးလိပ်” come from?
ဆေးလိပ် (Burmese) comes from Burmese လိပ်, from Pali lipi, from Sanskrit लिपि, from Old Persian 𐎮𐎡𐎱𐎡, from Elamite 𒁾, from Akkadian 𒁾, from Sumerian 𒁾 — tablet; cylinder seal, sealed tablet.
ဆေးလိပ် (Burmese): cigarette
Definitions
- cigarette
Ancestry of “ဆေးလိပ်”, step by step
ဆေးလိပ် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese လိပ်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | လိပ် | tortoise, turtle; writing; address |
| 2 | Pali | lipi | letter; alphabet, letter of the alphabet |
| 3 | Sanskrit | लिपि | writing; inscription; written document |
| 4 | Old Persian | 𐎮𐎡𐎱𐎡 | inscription; document |
| 5 | Elamite | 𒁾 | inscription, writing |
| 6 | Akkadian | 𒁾 | tablet; document; letter |
| 7 | Sumerian | 𒁾 | tablet; cylinder seal, sealed tablet |