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Where does “အဏ္ဏဝါ” come from?

အဏ္ဏဝါ (Burmese) comes from Pali aṇṇava, from Sanskrit अर्णव, from Sanskrit -व, from Sanskrit कार, from Sanskrit कृ, from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- — to do; to make; to build.

အဏ္ဏဝါ (Burmese): sea, ocean

Definitions

  1. sea, ocean

Ancestry of “အဏ္ဏဝါ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Paliaṇṇavaocean
2Sanskritअर्णवwave, stream, flood, sea
3Sanskrit-व—
4Sanskritकारgain, prize, booty; contest, war; an act, action
5Sanskritकृto make
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷer-to do; to make; to build
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