Where does “တရုတ်မဆလာ” come from?
တရုတ်မဆလာ (Burmese) comes from Burmese မဆလာ, from Hindi मसाला, from Classical Persian مصالح, from Persian مصلحت, from Arabic صَلَحَ — be fit, usable; to be good, right, proper; to be...
တရုတ်မဆလာ (Burmese): five-spice powder
Definitions
- five-spice powder
Ancestry of “တရုတ်မဆလာ”, step by step
တရုတ်မဆလာ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese မဆလာ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | မဆလာ | curry powder |
| 2 | Hindi | मसाला | masala; spices, seasoning; gossip, talk |
| 3 | Classical Persian | مصالح | — |
| 4 | Persian | مصلحت | interest, benefit, advantage |
| 5 | Arabic | صَلَحَ | be fit, usable; to be good, right, proper; to be... |
via Burmese တရုတ်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | တရုတ် | Chinese language |