Where does “တံခွန်” come from?

တံခွန် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ခွန်, from Shan ၶုၼ်, from Middle Chinese 君.

တံခွန် (Burmese): pennant, penon

Definitions

  1. pennant, penon

Ancestry of “တံခွန်”, step by step

တံခွန် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ခွန်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseခွန်}} tax
2Shanၶုၼ်prince; ruler; nobleman
3Middle Chinese

via Burmese တံ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseတံrodlike thing; anything rodlike; accumulation;...

Words derived from “တံခွန်

Every word from Middle Chinese
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