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Where does “ဥပဒေ” come from?

ဥပဒေ (Burmese) comes from Pali upadesa, from Pali paññā, from Sanskrit प्रज्ञा, from Sanskrit ज्ञा, from Proto-Indo-Aryan ȷ́naH-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ǰnaH-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.

ဥပဒေ (Burmese): law, enacted law, customary law

Definitions

  1. law, enacted law, customary law

Ancestry of “ဥပဒေ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Paliupadesaadvice; indication; instruction
2Palipaññāwisdom; insight, understanding
3Sanskritप्रज्ञाfeminine singular nominative of प्रज्ञ; wisdom,...
4Sanskritज्ञाto know
5Proto-Indo-Aryanȷ́naH-—
6Proto-Indo-IranianǰnaH-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know

Words derived from “ဥပဒေ”

  • ဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေ
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