Where does “နဂါးလှည့်” come from?
နဂါးလှည့် (Burmese) comes from Burmese နဂါး, from Pali nāga, from Sanskrit नाग, from Proto-Indo-European nogʷós — bare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude.
နဂါးလှည့် (Burmese): direction of the head of the nāga which is believed to guard a house and thus determines the direction favorable for making a journey(used in Burmese astrology)
Definitions
- direction of the head of the nāga which is believed to guard a house and thus determines the direction favorable for making a journey(used in Burmese astrology)
Ancestry of “နဂါးလှည့်”, step by step
နဂါးလှည့် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese နဂါး
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | နဂါး | naga; dragon |
| 2 | Pali | nāga | cobra; elephant; ironwood tree |
| 3 | Sanskrit | नाग | a snake, especially Coluber naga; a naga or... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | nogʷós | bare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude |
via Burmese လှည့်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | လှည့် | to turn move around an axis through itself, go or move around something, spin |