Where does “ရပ်ကွက်” come from?

ရပ်ကွက် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ရပ်, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan g-r(j)ap — to stand.

ရပ်ကွက် (Burmese): ward, quarter (of town)

Definitions

  1. ward, quarter (of town)

Ancestry of “ရပ်ကွက်”, step by step

ရပ်ကွက် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ရပ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseရပ်to stop; to stand
2Proto-Sino-Tibetang-r(j)apto stand

via Burmese ကွက်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကွက်to mark off a square or circular figure, make a box pattern; to tonsure
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