Where does “ဒဏ်ရာ” come from?

ဒဏ်ရာ (Burmese) comes from Burmese ရာ, from Old Burmese ရျာ, from Sino-Tibetan *pV-rja(k).

ဒဏ်ရာ (Burmese): wound, injury

Definitions

  1. wound, injury

Ancestry of “ဒဏ်ရာ”, step by step

ဒဏ်ရာ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ရာ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseရာhundred
2Old Burmeseရျာ—
3Sino-Tibetan*pV-rja(k)—

via Burmese ဒဏ်

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