Where does “यांगून” come from?

यांगून (Hindi) comes from Burmese ရန်ကုန်, from Burmese ရန်, from Burmese ရည် — liquid, fluid; to aim.

Ancestry of “यांगून”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseရန်ကုန်
2Burmeseရန်quarrel; in order to, so as to
3Burmeseရည်liquid, fluid; to aim
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