Where does “ဒဏ်ခတ်” come from?

ဒဏ်ခတ် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ဒဏ်, from Pali daṇḍa, from Sanskrit दण्ड — stick, staff, rod, pole, cudgel, club; penis; a...

ဒဏ်ခတ် (Burmese): to inflict punishment

Definitions

  1. to inflict punishment

Ancestry of “ဒဏ်ခတ်”, step by step

ဒဏ်ခတ် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ဒဏ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဒဏ်punishment
2Palidaṇḍastick, handle, staff, rod
3Sanskritदण्डstick, staff, rod, pole, cudgel, club; penis; a...

via Burmese ခတ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseခတ်to beat; to strike
Every word from Sanskrit दण्डEvery word from Pali daṇḍaEvery word from Burmese ဒဏ်