Where does “မိကောင်းဖခင်” come from?

မိကောင်းဖခင် (Burmese) comes from Burmese မိ, from Mon မိ — mother.

မိကောင်းဖခင် (Burmese): of respectable parentage, coming from a good family

Definitions

မိကောင်းဖခင် traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Burmese	မိ	mother; a title used by Mon women; a title used...
2	Mon	မိ	mother

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Burmese	ဖ	Pha, the 23rd letter of the Burmese alphabet
2	Burmese	ပိ	to be pressed, to be flattened, to be crushed

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Burmese	ခင်	to be friendly with, be loving, be fond of, have an attachment for (someone)
2	Chinese	琴	—