Where does “ပုစွန်တာရာ” come from?
ပုစွန်တာရာ (Burmese) comes from Burmese တာရာ, from Pali tārā, from Sanskrit तारक, from Sanskrit तारा, from Sanskrit त, from Sanskrit स्तृ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hstā́, from Proto-Indo-European h₂stḗr — to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth.
ပုစွန်တာရာ (Burmese): constellation comprising stars from the head, and forelegs of the Great Bear (Ursa Major)
Definitions
- constellation comprising stars from the head, and forelegs of the Great Bear (Ursa Major)
Ancestry of “ပုစွန်တာရာ”, step by step
ပုစွန်တာရာ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese တာရာ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | တာရာ | constellation |
| 2 | Pali | tārā | The Pali root tar |
| 3 | Sanskrit | तारक | someone or something which delivers, "in the... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | तारा | a fixed star, asterism; the pupil of the eye; a... |
| 5 | Sanskrit | त | this; that |
| 6 | Sanskrit | स्तृ | a star |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hstā́ | star |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂stḗr | star |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eHs- | to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth |
via Burmese ပုစွန်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ပုစွန် | — |