Where does “ယာဉ်” come from?
ယာဉ် (Burmese) comes from Pali yāna, from Sanskrit यान, from Sanskrit महायान, from Sanskrit महा, from Proto-Indo-Aryan maźʰā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian maȷ́ʰā́, from Proto-Indo-European méǵh₂s — big, great.
ယာဉ် (Burmese): vehicle, craft; elephant, horse, etc. used for...
Definitions
- vehicle, craft; elephant, horse, etc. used for...
Ancestry of “ယာဉ်”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Pali | yāna | going, journey, motion; means of conveyance;... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | यान | carriage, vehicle, mode of transport; moving,... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | महायान | — |
| 4 | Sanskrit | महा | combining form of महत्; buffalo; great, large,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | maźʰā́ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | maȷ́ʰā́ | big, great |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂s | big, great |
Words derived from “ယာဉ်”