Where does “မာလီ” come from?

မာလီ (Burmese) comes from English Mali, from Hindi माली, from Hindi माल, from Dhivehi މާލެ, from Dhivehi ލޭ, from Prakrit 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀺𑀅, from Sanskrit लोहित, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hráwdʰitas — red.

မာလီ (Burmese): gardener

Definitions

  1. gardener

Ancestry of “မာလီ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMaliA Somali
2Hindiमालीgardener; economical, monetary
3Hindiमालgoods, stuff, things; money; an attractive woman
4Dhivehiމާލެ—
5Dhivehiލޭblood
6Prakrit𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀺𑀅red
7Sanskritलोहितred, reddish; made of copper; blood
8Proto-Indo-IranianHráwdʰitasred
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rewdʰ-red
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hráwdʰitas →Every word from Sanskrit लोहित →