Where does “ဖခင်” come from?

ဖခင် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ဖ, from Burmese ပိ — to be pressed, to be flattened, to be crushed.

ဖခင် (Burmese): father

Definitions

  1. father

Ancestry of “ဖခင်”, step by step

ဖခင် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ဖ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1BurmeseဖPha, the 23rd letter of the Burmese alphabet
2Burmeseပိto be pressed, to be flattened, to be crushed

via Burmese ခင်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseခင်to be friendly with, be loving, be fond of, have an attachment for (someone)
2Chinese琴—
Every word from Burmese ပိ →Every word from Burmese ဖ →