Where does “ပဟိုရ်” come from?

ပဟိုရ် (Burmese) comes from Pali pahāra, from Sanskrit प्रहार, from Sanskrit प्रहर — division of time.

ပဟိုရ် (Burmese): traditional Burmese measure of time spanning 7.5

Definitions

  1. traditional Burmese measure of time spanning 7.5

Ancestry of “ပဟိုရ်”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palipahārablow
2Sanskritप्रहारattack, hit
3Sanskritप्रहरdivision of time
Every word from Sanskrit प्रहर →Every word from Sanskrit प्रहार →Every word from Pali pahāra →