Where does “ရုံးပိတ်ရက်” come from?

ရုံးပိတ်ရက် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ရက်, from Burmese အရက်, from Arabic عَرَق, from Arabic عرق, from Arabic ر, from Arabic رَأَى — to see.

ရုံးပိတ်ရက် (Burmese): gazetted holiday (mainly for government employees)

Definitions

  1. gazetted holiday (mainly for government employees)

Ancestry of “ရုံးပိတ်ရက်”, step by step

ရုံးပိတ်ရက် traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ရက်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseရက်to weave; day; quick, swift, violent, decisive
2Burmeseအရက်alcoholic drink, liquor
3Arabicعَرَقsweat; liquor; sweat; wine; raisin liquor
4Arabicعرقto strip of flesh, to nibble; to be emaciated; to...
5Arabicرsecond-person masculine singular active...
6Arabicرَأَىto see

via Burmese ရုံး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseရုံးoffice

via Burmese ပိတ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseပိတ်to close, to shut
Every word from Arabic رَأَىEvery word from Arabic رEvery word from Arabic عرق