Where does “အစိုးရ” come from?

အစိုးရ (Burmese) comes from Burmese ရ, from Proto-Austroasiatic *roaj — fly (insect).

အစိုးရ (Burmese): government

Definitions

  1. government

Ancestry of “အစိုးရ”, step by step

အစိုးရ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseto succeed, manage, be able; to be permitted, be...
2Proto-Austroasiatic*roajfly (insect)

via Burmese စိုး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseစိုးto rule

Words derived from “အစိုးရ

Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *roajEvery word from Burmese