Where does “ဖမ်းဆီး” come from?

ဖမ်းဆီး (Burmese) comes from Burmese ဆီး — to bar, obstruct, block.

ဖမ်းဆီး (Burmese): to catch, seize

Definitions

  1. to catch, seize

Ancestry of “ဖမ်းဆီး”, step by step

ဖမ်းဆီး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ဆီး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဆီးto bar, obstruct, block

via Burmese ဖမ်း

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဖမ်းto catch capture or snare, intercept an object in the air, etc
Every word from Burmese ဆီး