Where does “အစ်” come from?
အစ် (Burmese) comes from Hindi ईद, from Persian عید, from Arabic عِيد, from Arabic محمد, from Arabic حَمَّدَ, from Arabic م, from Proto-Semitic šamaʿ-.
အစ် (Burmese): to squeeze, throttle
Definitions
- to squeeze, throttle
Ancestry of “အစ်”, step by step
အစ် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hindi ईद
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hindi | ईद | Eid |
| 2 | Persian | عید | feast, feast day; celebration; holiday |
| 3 | Arabic | عِيد | holiday, carnival; feast, festival; holiday,... |
| 4 | Arabic | محمد | commendable, laudable, praised, praiseworthy;... |
| 5 | Arabic | حَمَّدَ | to praise, commend, laud; to praise, commend,... |
| 6 | Arabic | م | a prefix used to create nouns of place; a prefix... |
| 7 | Proto-Semitic | šamaʿ- | — |
via Proto-Sino-Tibetan ʔit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | ʔit | one |