Where does “ဗိုလ်ကိတ်ပဲ” come from?
ဗိုလ်ကိတ်ပဲ (Burmese) comes from Burmese ဗိုလ်, from Pali bāla, from Sanskrit बल, from Proto-Indo-Aryan bálas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian bálas, from Proto-Indo-European bel- — to dig, cut off?; strong; power, strength.
ဗိုလ်ကိတ်ပဲ (Burmese): cowpea, black-eyed pea (Vigna catjang)
Definitions
- cowpea, black-eyed pea (Vigna catjang)
Ancestry of “ဗိုလ်ကိတ်ပဲ”, step by step
ဗိုလ်ကိတ်ပဲ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese ဗိုလ်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ဗိုလ် | commander |
| 2 | Pali | bāla | child; fool; young |
| 3 | Sanskrit | बल | power, strength, might, vigour, force, validity;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | bálas | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | bálas | strong, forceful |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bel- | to dig, cut off?; strong; power, strength |
via Burmese ကိတ်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ကိတ် | the twenty-eighth lunar asterism; though the lunar asterism, i.e. nakshatra (နက္ခတ်) consists of twenty-seven lunar mansions, indeed |
| 2 | Sanskrit | केतु | lamp, flame, torch; bright appearance, clearness,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | kaytúṣ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | kaytúš | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | koy-tús | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | key- | to set in motion, to move; bright, burning; put... |
via Burmese ပဲ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ပဲ | pea, bean, legume, pulse; anna |