Where does “အလင်္ကာ” come from?
အလင်္ကာ (Burmese) comes from Pali alaṅkaraṇa, from Sanskrit अलंकरण, from Sanskrit करण, from Sanskrit कृ, from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- — to do; to make; to build.
အလင်္ကာ (Burmese): prosody
Definitions
- prosody
Ancestry of “အလင်္ကာ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pali | alaṅkaraṇa | doing up, fitting out, ornamentation |
| 2 | Sanskrit | अलंकरण | ornament, decoration |
| 3 | Sanskrit | करण | doing, making, effecting, causing; clever,... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | कृ | to make |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷer- | to do; to make; to build |