Where does “နိုင်ငံ” come from?
နိုင်ငံ (Burmese) comes from Burmese နိုင်, from Burmese နာ, from Pali nāga, from Sanskrit नाग, from Proto-Indo-European nogʷós — bare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude.
နိုင်ငံ (Burmese): country, state
Definitions
- country, state
Ancestry of “နိုင်ငံ”, step by step
နိုင်ငံ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese နိုင်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | နိုင် | can, be able; a title used by Mon men, in lieu of... |
| 2 | Burmese | နာ | to be in pain, be hurt; to be ill |
| 3 | Pali | nāga | cobra; elephant; ironwood tree |
| 4 | Sanskrit | नाग | a snake, especially Coluber naga; a naga or... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | nogʷós | bare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude |
via Burmese ငံ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ငံ | to be complete, to be replete with |