Where does “ဒိုဘီဆိုင်” come from?
ဒိုဘီဆိုင် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ဒိုဘီ, from Hindi धोबी, from Hindi धोब — a wash.
ဒိုဘီဆိုင် (Burmese): laundry, dhobi shop
Definitions
- laundry, dhobi shop
Ancestry of “ဒိုဘီဆိုင်”, step by step
ဒိုဘီဆိုင် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese ဒိုဘီ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ဒိုဘီ | dhobi, washerman |
| 2 | Hindi | धोबी | washerman |
| 3 | Hindi | धोब | a wash |
via Burmese ဆိုင်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ဆိုင် | shop |