Where does “သကြားလုံး” come from?

သကြားလုံး (Burmese) comes from Burmese သကြား, from Pali sakkharā, from Sanskrit शर्क॑रा.

သကြားလုံး (Burmese): sweets, candy, confections

Definitions

  1. sweets, candy, confections

Ancestry of “သကြားလုံး”, step by step

သကြားလုံး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese သကြား

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseသကြားsugar
2Palisakkharāgravel; sugar; granule, grain, crystal
3Sanskritशर्क॑रा—

via Burmese လုံး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseလုံးround, spherical
Every word from Sanskrit शर्क॑रा →Every word from Pali sakkharā →Every word from Burmese သကြား →