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Where does “သဒ္ဒါ” come from?

သဒ္ဒါ (Burmese) comes from Pali sadda, from Sanskrit शब्द, from Finnish sadas, from Proto-Finnic sadac, from Proto-Slavic *sǫdakъ.

သဒ္ဒါ (Burmese): grammar; faith

Definitions

  1. grammar; faith

Ancestry of “သဒ္ဒါ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palisaddasound, word
2Sanskritशब्दsound, noise, voice, tone, note; a word
3Finnishsadashundredth; Second-person singular imperative...
4Proto-Finnicsadachundredth
5Proto-Slavic*sǫdakъ—
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