Where does “လူမျိုး” come from?

လူမျိုး (Burmese) comes from Burmese လူ, from Burmese လ — moon; month.

လူမျိုး (Burmese): nationality, ethnicity, race

Definitions

  1. nationality, ethnicity, race

Ancestry of “လူမျိုး”, step by step

လူမျိုး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese လူ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseလူman human being, person
2Burmeseလmoon; month

via Burmese မျိုး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseမျိုးkind, type, category; germ; gene; seed

Words derived from “လူမျိုး”

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