Where does “မင်္ဂလာဦး” come from?
မင်္ဂလာဦး (Burmese) comes from Burmese မင်္ဂလာ, from Pali maṅgala, from Sanskrit मङ्गल, from Sanskrit गिरि, from Proto-Indo-Iranian gr̥Híš, from Proto-Indo-European gʷerH- — to express approval; praise; to elevate.
မင်္ဂလာဦး (Burmese): honeymoon period
Definitions
- honeymoon period
Ancestry of “မင်္ဂလာဦး”, step by step
မင်္ဂလာဦး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese မင်္ဂလာ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | မင်္ဂလာ | prosperity |
| 2 | Pali | maṅgala | auspicious, royal, lucky, festive; festivity;... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | मङ्गल | auspicious, lucky; amulet, talisman; prosperity |
| 4 | Sanskrit | गिरि | mountain, hill, rock, elevation, rising-ground;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | gr̥Híš | mountain |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷerH- | to express approval; praise; to elevate |