Where does “တံငါတာရာ” come from?
တံငါတာရာ (Burmese) comes from Burmese တာရာ, from Pali tārā, from Sanskrit तारक, from Sanskrit तारा, from Sanskrit त, from Sanskrit स्तृ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hstā́, from Proto-Indo-European h₂stḗr — to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth.
တံငါတာရာ (Burmese): Hercules constellation
Definitions
- Hercules constellation
Ancestry of “တံငါတာရာ”, step by step
တံငါတာရာ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese တာရာ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | တာရာ | constellation |
| 2 | Pali | tārā | The Pali root tar |
| 3 | Sanskrit | तारक | someone or something which delivers, "in the... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | तारा | a fixed star, asterism; the pupil of the eye; a... |
| 5 | Sanskrit | त | this; that |
| 6 | Sanskrit | स्तृ | a star |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hstā́ | star |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂stḗr | star |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eHs- | to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth |
via Burmese တံငါ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | တံငါ | fisherman |