Where does “သေးလိၵ်ႉ” come from?
သေးလိၵ်ႉ (Shan) comes from Burmese ဆေးလိပ်, from Burmese လိပ်, from Pali lipi, from Sanskrit लिपि, from Old Persian 𐎮𐎡𐎱𐎡, from Elamite 𒁾, from Akkadian 𒁾, from Sumerian 𒁾 — tablet; cylinder seal, sealed tablet.
သေးလိၵ်ႉ (Shan): cheroot, native cigar milder than the Havana cigar, made of a mixture of chopped tobacco leaves and stems, certain kinds of wood sprinkled with jaggery, and tamarind syrup, and covered with the leaves of certain trees, such as တွင်ပေႃမၼ်
Definitions
- cheroot, native cigar milder than the Havana cigar, made of a mixture of chopped tobacco leaves and stems, certain kinds of wood sprinkled with jaggery, and tamarind syrup, and covered with the leaves of certain trees, such as တွင်ပေႃမၼ်
Ancestry of “သေးလိၵ်ႉ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ဆေးလိပ် | cigarette |
| 2 | Burmese | လိပ် | tortoise, turtle; writing; address |
| 3 | Pali | lipi | letter; alphabet, letter of the alphabet |
| 4 | Sanskrit | लिपि | writing; inscription; written document |
| 5 | Old Persian | 𐎮𐎡𐎱𐎡 | inscription; document |
| 6 | Elamite | 𒁾 | inscription, writing |
| 7 | Akkadian | 𒁾 | tablet; document; letter |
| 8 | Sumerian | 𒁾 | tablet; cylinder seal, sealed tablet |