Where does “नेपीडॉ” come from?
नेपीडॉ (Hindi) comes from English Naypyidaw, from Burmese နေပြည်တော်, from Burmese တော်, from Burmese တွက် — to do or work out arithmetical sums; solve...
Ancestry of “नेपीडॉ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Naypyidaw | located in Pyinmana Township, Mandalay Division (approximately 320 kilometres north of Yangon) |
| 2 | Burmese | နေပြည်တော် | the city outside the royal palace walls |
| 3 | Burmese | တော် | clever, skillful; enough, sufficient; denotes... |
| 4 | Burmese | တွက် | to do or work out arithmetical sums; solve... |