Where does “ဖဲ” come from?
ဖဲ (Burmese) comes from Chinese 牌.
ဖဲ (Burmese): cards; playing card
Definitions
- cards; playing card
Ancestry of “ဖဲ”, step by step
ဖဲ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Chinese 牌
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chinese | 牌 | — |
via Proto-Mon-Khmer bhiiʔ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Mon-Khmer | bhiiʔ | sated, full |