Where does “မုန့်ကွမ်းယာ” come from?

မုန့်ကွမ်းယာ (Burmese) comes from Burmese ကွမ်းယာ, from Burmese ယာ — farmland bearing crops rather than rice.

Ancestry of “မုန့်ကွမ်းယာ”, step by step

မုန့်ကွမ်းယာ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ကွမ်းယာ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကွမ်းယာpaan, quid of betel
2Burmeseယာfarmland bearing crops rather than rice

via Burmese မုန့်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseမုန့်snack
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