Where does “ပုဂ္ဂိုလ်” come from?
ပုဂ္ဂိုလ် (Burmese) comes from Pali puggala, from Sanskrit पुद्गल, from Sanskrit पुष्कल, from Sanskrit पुष्, from Proto-Indo-European *(h₃)pews-.
ပုဂ္ဂိုလ် (Burmese): human, person, human being; respectable person
Definitions
- human, person, human being; respectable person
Ancestry of “ပုဂ္ဂိုလ်”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Pali | puggala | individual; person |
| 2 | Sanskrit | पुद्गल | the body; the soul |
| 3 | Sanskrit | पुष्कल | much, many, numerous, copious, abundant |
| 4 | Sanskrit | पुष् | to be nourished, to thrive, flourish, prosper |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *(h₃)pews- | — |