Where does “ဉာဏ်စမ်း” come from?
ဉာဏ်စမ်း (Burmese) comes from Burmese ဉာဏ်, from Pali ñāṇa, from Sanskrit ज्ञान, from Sanskrit ज्ञा, from Proto-Indo-Aryan ȷ́naH-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ǰnaH-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.
ဉာဏ်စမ်း (Burmese): quiz; test of intelligence
Definitions
- quiz; test of intelligence
Ancestry of “ဉာဏ်စမ်း”, step by step
ဉာဏ်စမ်း traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese ဉာဏ်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ဉာဏ် | intellect, wisdom |
| 2 | Pali | ñāṇa | A wisdom, insight |
| 3 | Sanskrit | ज्ञान | knowing, becoming acquainted with, knowledge, (esp.) the higher knowledge (in Buddhism, pure awareness free from conceptual constructs; in Hinduism, true knowledge of the Self's identity with the Ultimate Reality) |
| 4 | Sanskrit | ज्ञा | to know |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | ȷ́naH- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ǰnaH- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |
via Burmese စမ်း
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | စမ်း | spring well of water |