Where does “ဖီဆန်” come from?

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

ဖီဆန် (Burmese): to oppose, defy

Definitions

  1. to oppose, defy

Ancestry of “ဖီဆန်”, step by step

ဖီဆန် 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 ဆန်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဆန်uncooked rice
Every word from Burmese ပိ →Every word from Burmese ဖ →