Where does “ယဉ်ကျေး” come from?

ယဉ်ကျေး (Burmese) comes from Burmese ယဉ်, from Sanskrit यन्त्र — any instrument for holding or restraining or...

ယဉ်ကျေး (Burmese): polite, courteous, gentle, well-bred, civilized

Definitions

  1. polite, courteous, gentle, well-bred, civilized

Ancestry of “ယဉ်ကျေး”, step by step

ယဉ်ကျေး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ယဉ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseယဉ်loom
2Sanskritयन्त्रany instrument for holding or restraining or...

via Burmese ကျေး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကျေးvillage

Words derived from “ယဉ်ကျေး”

Every word from Sanskrit यन्त्र →Every word from Burmese ယဉ် →
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