Where does “ဖုန်” come from?

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

ဖုန် (Burmese): dust

Definitions

  1. dust

Ancestry of “ဖုန်”, step by step

ဖုန် 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 Middle Chinese 粉

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese粉—

Words derived from “ဖုန်”

Every word from Burmese ပိ →Every word from Burmese ဖ →