Where does “ဘိလပ်” come from?
ဘိလပ် (Burmese) comes from Hindi विलायत, from Classical Persian وِلَایَت, from Arabic وِلَايَة — province.
Ancestry of “ဘိလပ်”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hindi | विलायत | a foreign country, especially one in the West;... |
| 2 | Classical Persian | وِلَایَت | — |
| 3 | Arabic | وِلَايَة | province |