Where does “ရာဘ” come from?

ရာဘ (Burmese) comes from Thai ยาบ้า, from Thai ยา, from Proto-Tai ˀjɯəᴬ — medicine.

ရာဘ (Burmese): ya ba

Definitions

  1. ya ba

Ancestry of “ရာဘ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiยาบ้า"ya ba", a type of addictive drug containing a...
2Thaiยาmedicine; drug; tobacco; cigarette
3Proto-Taiˀjɯəᴬmedicine
Every word from Proto-Tai ˀjɯəᴬ →Every word from Thai ยา →Every word from Thai ยาบ้า →
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