Where does “ရိပ်သာ” come from?

ရိပ်သာ (Burmese) comes from Burmese သာ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer cn₁am — year.

ရိပ်သာ (Burmese): peaceful retreat

Definitions

  1. peaceful retreat

Ancestry of “ရိပ်သာ”, step by step

ရိပ်သာ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese သာ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseသာpleasant
2Proto-Mon-Khmercn₁amyear

via Burmese ရိပ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseရိပ်to dim, fade
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer cn₁am →Every word from Burmese သာ →