Where does “ပါရမီဆယ်ပါး” come from?
ပါရမီဆယ်ပါး (Burmese) comes from Burmese ပါရမီ, from Pali pāramī, from Pali parama — superior, best, excellent.
ပါရမီဆယ်ပါး (Burmese): Ten Perfections or principal virtues (paramita) recognized in Buddhist scholarship
Definitions
- Ten Perfections or principal virtues (paramita) recognized in Buddhist scholarship
Ancestry of “ပါရမီဆယ်ပါး”, step by step
ပါရမီဆယ်ပါး traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese ပါရမီ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ပါရမီ | virtue |
| 2 | Pali | pāramī | completeness |
| 3 | Pali | parama | superior, best, excellent |
via Burmese ဆယ်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ဆယ် | ten |
| 2 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | ts(j)i(j) ~ tsjaj | ten |
via Burmese ပါး
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ပါး | thin; cheek |