Where does “နိမိတ်ကြီးလေးပါး” come from?
နိမိတ်ကြီးလေးပါး (Burmese) comes from Burmese နိမိတ်, from Pali nimitta, from Sanskrit निमित्त, from Sanskrit मा, from Proto-Iranian máH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian maH, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁ — prohibitive particle.
နိမိတ်ကြီးလေးပါး (Burmese): vision of four persons (the aged, the sick, the dead and the recluse) as seen by the Bodhisattva Prince Siddhartha
Definitions
- vision of four persons (the aged, the sick, the dead and the recluse) as seen by the Bodhisattva Prince Siddhartha
Ancestry of “နိမိတ်ကြီးလေးပါး”, step by step
နိမိတ်ကြီးလေးပါး traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese နိမိတ်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | နိမိတ် | omen, sign, portent |
| 2 | Pali | nimitta | sign, omen, portent, prognostication |
| 3 | Sanskrit | निमित्त | aim, mark |
| 4 | Sanskrit | मा | don't; accusative singular of अहम्; to sound,... |
| 5 | Proto-Iranian | máH | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | maH | do not; prohibitive particle |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₁ | prohibitive particle |
via Burmese လေး
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | လေး | four; heavy; bow |
| 2 | Old Burmese | လိယ် | — |
| 3 | Sino-Tibetan | *tV-lij | — |
via Burmese ကြီး
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ကြီး | big; large; great (in magnitude); high (in degree) |