Where does “မာနကြီး” come from?
မာနကြီး (Burmese) comes from Burmese မာန, from Pali māna, from Sanskrit मान, from Sanskrit मा, from Proto-Iranian máH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian maH, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁ — prohibitive particle.
မာနကြီး (Burmese): to be haughty, be arrogant
Definitions
- to be haughty, be arrogant
Ancestry of “မာနကြီး”, step by step
မာနကြီး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese မာန
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | မာန | conceit, vanity, arrogance, pride |
| 2 | Pali | māna | pride; conceit |
| 3 | Sanskrit | मान | opinion; notion; conception; idea |
| 4 | Sanskrit | मा | don't; accusative singular of अहम्; to sound,... |
| 5 | Proto-Iranian | máH | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | maH | do not; prohibitive particle |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₁ | prohibitive particle |
via Burmese ကြီး
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ကြီး | big; large; great (in magnitude); high (in degree) |