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Where does “အင်္ကျီ” come from?

အင်္ကျီ (Burmese) comes from Hindi अंगिया, from Sanskrit अङ्गिका.

အင်္ကျီ (Burmese): shirt

Definitions

  1. shirt

Ancestry of “အင်္ကျီ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiअंगियाangiya, choli, bodice
2Sanskritअङ्गिका—
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