Where does “Tatmadaw” come from?

Tatmadaw (English) comes from Burmese တပ်မတော်, from Burmese တပ်မ, from Burmese မ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ma — no, not, negative, not have, none.

Tatmadaw (English): The armed forces of Myanmar (Burma)

Definitions

  1. The armed forces of Myanmar (Burma)

Ancestry of “Tatmadaw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseတပ်မတော်army
2Burmeseတပ်မmain body of troops
3Burmeseမnot; miss; Alternative form of မယ်
4Proto-Sino-Tibetanmano, not, negative, not have, none
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ma →Every word from Burmese မ →Every word from Burmese တပ်မ →