Where does “ဥက္ကာ” come from?

ဥက္ကာ (Burmese) comes from Pali ukkā, from Sanskrit उल्का — meteor, firebrand, torch; flame.

ဥက္ကာ (Burmese): meteor

Definitions

  1. meteor

Ancestry of “ဥက္ကာ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Paliukkātorch; meteor
2Sanskritउल्काmeteor, firebrand, torch; flame
Every word from Sanskrit उल्का →Every word from Pali ukkā →
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