Where does “တံခွန်” come from?
တံခွန် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ခွန်, from Shan ၶုၼ်, from Middle Chinese 君.
တံခွန် (Burmese): pennant, penon
Definitions
- pennant, penon
Ancestry of “တံခွန်”, step by step
တံခွန် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese ခွန်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ခွန် | }} tax |
| 2 | Shan | ၶုၼ် | prince; ruler; nobleman |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 君 | — |
via Burmese တံ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | တံ | rodlike thing; anything rodlike; accumulation;... |