Where does “ဖဲရိုက်” come from?

ဖဲရိုက် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ဖဲ, from Chinese 牌.

ဖဲရိုက် (Burmese): to play cards

Definitions

  1. to play cards

Ancestry of “ဖဲရိုက်”, step by step

ဖဲရိုက် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ဖဲ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဖဲcards; playing card
2Chinese牌—

via Burmese ရိုက်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseရိုက်to hit deliver a blow, strike, beat
Every word from Chinese 牌 →Every word from Burmese ဖဲ →