Where does “နာရီ” come from?

နာရီ (Burmese) comes from Sanskrit नाडी, from Proto-Indo-Aryan nadíH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian nadíH, from Proto-Indo-European ned-íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European ned- — to be wet; wet; to tie together.

နာရီ (Burmese): clock, watch; hour; woman

Definitions

  1. clock, watch; hour; woman

Ancestry of “နာရီ”, step by step

နာရီ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit नाडी

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritनाडीtube; a measure of time; flute, pipe, tube,...
2Proto-Indo-AryannadíH—
3Proto-Indo-IraniannadíHriver
4Proto-Indo-Europeanned-íh₂—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanned-to be wet; wet; to tie together

via Pali nārī

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palinārīwoman, wife, female
2Sanskritनारीwoman, wife; female or any object regarded as...

Words derived from “နာရီ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ned- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ned-íh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian nadíH →