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

  1. of respectable parentage, coming from a good family

Ancestry of “မိကောင်းဖခင်”, step by step

မိကောင်းဖခင် traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese မိ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseမိmother; a title used by Mon women; a title used...
2Monမိmother

via Burmese ဖ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1BurmeseဖPha, the 23rd letter of the Burmese alphabet
2Burmeseပိto be pressed, to be flattened, to be crushed

via Burmese ခင်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseခင်to be friendly with, be loving, be fond of, have an attachment for (someone)
2Chinese琴—
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