Where does “ဥပမာ” come from?
ဥပမာ (Mon) comes from Pali upamā, from Sanskrit उपमा, from Tamil உப்புமா, from Tamil மா, from Old Tamil 𑀫𑀸, from Sanskrit महा, from Sanskrit महायान, from Sanskrit यान — to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel.
ဥပမာ (Mon): comparison; simile
Ancestry of “ဥပမာ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Pali | upamā | simile; parable; comparison |
| 2 | Sanskrit | उपमा | |
| 3 | Tamil | உப்புமா | — |
| 4 | Tamil | மா | animal, beast; horse; elephant |
| 5 | Old Tamil | 𑀫𑀸 | — |
| 6 | Sanskrit | महा | combining form of महत्; buffalo; great, large,... |
| 7 | Sanskrit | महायान | — |
| 8 | Sanskrit | यान | carriage, vehicle, mode of transport; moving,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | yáHnam | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | yáHnam | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yéh₂-nom | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yeh₂- | to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel |