Where does “shikho” come from?

shikho (English) comes from Burmese ရှိခိုး — to do obeisance (with palms raised together on the forehead).

shikho (English): A kneeling posture with joined hands and bowed head, used in Burma to show respect to a superior

Definitions

  1. A kneeling posture with joined hands and bowed head, used in Burma to show respect to a superior

Ancestry of “shikho”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseရှိခိုးto do obeisance (with palms raised together on the forehead)
Every word from Burmese ရှိခိုး