Where does “Mandalay” come from?
Mandalay comes from Burmese မန္တလေး, derived from Burmese မန္တလေးတောင်, though the ultimate origin and meaning remain unclear.
Mandalay (English): (Myanmar)
Definitions
- (Myanmar)
Ancestry of “Mandalay”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | မန္တလေး | — |
| 2 | Burmese | မန္တလေးတောင် | {{w|Mandalay Hill}} |