Where does “နရက်” come from?
နရက် (Burmese) comes from Pali naraka, from Sanskrit नरक, from Proto-Indo-European *nér.
နရက် (Burmese): hell; purgatory
Ancestry of “နရက်”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Pali | naraka | purgatory, hell |
| 2 | Sanskrit | नरक | hell |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | *nér | — |