Where does “မြို့တော်” come from?
မြို့တော် (Burmese) comes from Burmese မြ, from Sanskrit मरकत — emerald.
မြို့တော် (Burmese): capital city
Ancestry of “မြို့တော်”, step by step
မြို့တော် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese မြ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Burmese | မြ | emerald; emerald green; keen, very sharp |
| 2 | Sanskrit | मरकत | emerald |
via Burmese တော်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Burmese | တော် | clever, skillful; enough, sufficient; denotes... |
| 2 | Burmese | တွက် | to do or work out arithmetical sums; solve... |
Words derived from “မြို့တော်”