Where does “chyăre” come from?

chyăre (Jingpho) comes from Burmese စာရေး, from Burmese ရေး, from Old Burmese ရိယ်း, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan b-rəj — to draw, to mark; draw, mark, boundary.

chyăre (Jingpho): clerk

Definitions

  1. clerk

Ancestry of “chyăre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseစာရေးclerk; to write
2Burmeseရေးto write
3Old Burmeseရိယ်း
4Proto-Sino-Tibetanb-rəjto draw, to mark; draw, mark, boundary
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan b-rəjEvery word from Old Burmese ရိယ်းEvery word from Burmese ရေး
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