Where does “ရခိုင်” come from?
ရခိုင် (Rakhine) comes from Pali Rākkhasa, from Sanskrit राक्षस — a demon in general, an evil or malignant demon; a...
ရခိုင် (Rakhine): Rakhine, an ethnic group in Myanmar (Burma)
Definitions
- Rakhine, an ethnic group in Myanmar (Burma)
Ancestry of “ရခိုင်”, step by step
ရခိုင် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Pali Rākkhasa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pali | Rākkhasa | demon, fiend |
| 2 | Sanskrit | राक्षस | a demon in general, an evil or malignant demon; a... |
via Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kV-tek
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | *kV-tek | one |