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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseပါရမီvirtue
2Palipāramīcompleteness
3Paliparamasuperior, best, excellent

via Burmese ဆယ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဆယ်ten
2Proto-Sino-Tibetants(j)i(j) ~ tsjajten

via Burmese ပါး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseပါးthin; cheek
Every word from Pali paramaEvery word from Pali pāramīEvery word from Burmese ပါရမီ
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