Where does “နံပြား” come from?

နံပြား (Burmese) comes from Hindi नान, from Classical Persian نان, from Middle Persian lhma, from Proto-Iranian nagna-, from Proto-Iranian ni.

နံပြား (Burmese): naan

Definitions

  1. naan

Ancestry of “နံပြား”, step by step

နံပြား traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hindi नान

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiनानnaan
2Classical Persianنان—
3Middle Persianlhmabread
4Proto-Iraniannagna-—
5Proto-Iranianni—

via Burmese ပြား

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseပြားpya
Every word from Proto-Iranian ni →Every word from Proto-Iranian nagna- →Every word from Middle Persian lhma →