Where does “မတရား” come from?

မတရား (Burmese) comes from Burmese မ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ma — no, not, negative, not have, none.

မတရား (Burmese): unjustly, unfairly

Definitions

  1. unjustly, unfairly

Ancestry of “မတရား”, step by step

မတရား traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese မ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseမnot; miss; Alternative form of မယ်
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanmano, not, negative, not have, none

via Burmese တရား

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseတရားfairness; equity; justice; moral principles;...
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ma →Every word from Burmese မ →