Where does “နိဗ္ဗာန်” come from?

နိဗ္ဗာန် (Burmese) comes from Pali nibbāna, from Sanskrit निर्वाण, from Sanskrit निस्, from Sanskrit नि, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ní, from Proto-Indo-European ni — down.

နိဗ္ဗာန် (Burmese): nirvana

Definitions

  1. nirvana

Ancestry of “နိဗ္ဗာန်”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palinibbānanirvana
2Sanskritनिर्वाणblowing out, extinction, cessation, setting,...
3Sanskritनिस्out, forth, away &c
4Sanskritनिdown; back; in, into
5Proto-Indo-Iraniandown, downwards; in, into
6Proto-Indo-Europeannidown

Words derived from “နိဗ္ဗာန်

Every word from Proto-Indo-European niEvery word from Proto-Indo-Iranian Every word from Sanskrit नि