Where does “မိခင်” come from?

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

မိခင် (Burmese): mother

Definitions

  1. mother

Ancestry of “မိခင်”, step by step

မိခင် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese မိ

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

via Burmese ခင်

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