Where does “ဒကာ” come from?

ဒကာ (Mon) comes from Burmese ဒကာ, from Pali dāyaka.

ဒကာ (Mon): term of address used by monks to laymen

Definitions

  1. term of address used by monks to laymen

Ancestry of “ဒကာ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဒကာterm of address used by monks to laymen
2Palidāyaka—
Every word from Pali dāyaka →Every word from Burmese ဒကာ →