Where does “တူရိယာ” come from?
တူရိယာ (Burmese) comes from Pali tūriya, from Pali aṅga, from Sanskrit अङ्ग, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eng- — curve, bend.
တူရိယာ (Burmese): musical instrument
Ancestry of “တူရိယာ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Pali | tūriya | musical instruments in general |
| 2 | Pali | aṅga | member, body part |
| 3 | Sanskrit | अङ्ग | a limb of the body; a limb, member; the body |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eng- | curve, bend |