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Where does “နှစ်” come from?

နှစ် (Burmese) comes from Burmese နစ်, from English NIB, from English neb, from Middle English neb, from Old English nebb, from Proto-Germanic nabją — beak; nose.

နှစ် (Burmese): two; year

Definitions

  1. two; year

Ancestry of “နှစ်”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseနစ်—
2EnglishNIBOf a product that is the subject of a consumer...
3EnglishnebA bird's beak or bill; A person's mouth; A...
4Middle Englishnebface, nose
5Old Englishnebbneb, nib; bill, beak; nose; cartilage of the nose
6Proto-Germanicnabjąbeak; nose

Words derived from “နှစ်”

  • နှစ်ဆယ့်တစ်
  • နှစ်ရာ
  • ဆယ့်နှစ်
  • နှစ်ဆယ်
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