Where does “အရုဏ်ဆွမ်း” come from?

အရုဏ်ဆွမ်း (Burmese) comes from Burmese အရုဏ်, from English Aruna, from Sanskrit अरुण, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Harunás.

အရုဏ်ဆွမ်း (Burmese): the first meal of Buddhist monks taken at daybreak

Definitions

  1. the first meal of Buddhist monks taken at daybreak

Ancestry of “အရုဏ်ဆွမ်း”, step by step

အရုဏ်ဆွမ်း traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese အရုဏ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseအရုဏ်dawn
2EnglishArunaSon of Kashyapa by Vinata, charioteer of Surya
3Sanskritअरुणa name for the sun; also of his charioteer, or...
4Proto-Indo-Iranian*Harunás—

via Burmese ဆွမ်း

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဆွမ်းfood offered to the Buddha or to monks
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Harunás →Every word from Sanskrit अरुण →Every word from English Aruna →