Where does “သဘောကောင်း” come from?
သဘောကောင်း (Burmese) comes from Burmese သဘော, from Pali sabhāva, from Pali bhāva, from Sanskrit भाव, from Sanskrit भू, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH- — to become, grow, appear.
သဘောကောင်း (Burmese): to be kind, good-natured
Definitions
- to be kind, good-natured
Ancestry of “သဘောကောင်း”, step by step
သဘောကောင်း traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese သဘော
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | သဘော | nature; characteristic; sense; meaning |
| 2 | Pali | sabhāva | state of mind; nature; condition; character;... |
| 3 | Pali | bhāva | condition; form; state; etc |
| 4 | Sanskrit | भाव | becoming, being, existing, occurring, appearance;... |
| 5 | Sanskrit | भू | the act of becoming or arising; the place of... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuH- | to become, grow, appear |
via Burmese ကောင်း
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ကောင်း | good |