Where does “လုံးပတ်” come from?

လုံးပတ် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ပတ်, from Pali paṭaha, from Sanskrit पटह — kettledrum, war drum; drum.

လုံးပတ် (Burmese): circumference

Definitions

  1. circumference

Ancestry of “လုံးပတ်”, step by step

လုံးပတ် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ပတ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseပတ်drum; to circle; Short for ရက်သတ္တပတ်
2Palipaṭaha—
3Sanskritपटहkettledrum, war drum; drum

via Burmese လုံး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseလုံးround, spherical
Every word from Sanskrit पटह →Every word from Pali paṭaha →Every word from Burmese ပတ် →