Where does “ပါရရာ” come from?

ပါရရာ (Burmese) comes from Tamil பறையர், from Tamil பறையன், from Tamil -அன், from Proto-Dravidian *-anṯu — Indicates a masculine noun.

ပါရရာ (Burmese): pariah dog

Definitions

  1. pariah dog

Ancestry of “ပါရရာ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilபறையர்drummer
2Tamilபறையன்drummer
3Tamil-அன்(singular) masculine suffix particle
4Proto-Dravidian*-anṯuIndicates a masculine noun
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *-anṯu →Every word from Tamil -அன் →Every word from Tamil பறையன் →