Where does “အကန့်အသတ်” come from?

အကန့်အသတ် (Burmese) comes from Burmese အသတ်, from Sanskrit असत्, from Sanskrit सत्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsáns — real, true.

အကန့်အသတ် (Burmese): restriction, limit

Definitions

  1. restriction, limit

Ancestry of “အကန့်အသတ်”, step by step

အကန့်အသတ် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese အသတ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseအသတ်Name of the Burmese diacritic ်, which silences the inherent vowel of a consonant letter
2Sanskritअसत्non-existent, unreal
3Sanskritसत्being, existing, occurring, happening, being present
4Proto-Indo-Iranian*Hsánsreal, true

via Burmese အကန့်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseအကန့်—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsáns →Every word from Sanskrit सत् →Every word from Sanskrit असत् →
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