Where does “လိူၼ်ၵထိင်ႇ” come from?
လိူၼ်ၵထိင်ႇ (Shan) comes from Shan ၵထိင်ႇ, from Pali kaṭhina, from Sanskrit कठिन, from Sanskrit कठ् — to live in distress.
လိူၼ်ၵထိင်ႇ (Shan): twelfth month of the Shan lunar calendar
Definitions
- twelfth month of the Shan lunar calendar
Ancestry of “လိူၼ်ၵထိင်ႇ”, step by step
လိူၼ်ၵထိင်ႇ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Shan ၵထိင်ႇ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shan | ၵထိင်ႇ | Kathina, an annual festival during which robes are presented to priests, usually falling between the 1st day of the waning moon of the 11th month and the middle of the 12th month under the lunar calendar |
| 2 | Pali | kaṭhina | embroidery hoop |
| 3 | Sanskrit | कठिन | difficult; stiff, hard, firm; harsh, cruel,... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | कठ् | to live in distress |