Where does “กะเหรี่ยง” come from?

กะเหรี่ยง (Thai) comes from Mon ကရေင် — Karen, Kayin name of one of Tibeto-burman speaking national groups of the Union of Burma.

กะเหรี่ยง (Thai): Karen

Definitions

  1. Karen

Ancestry of “กะเหรี่ยง”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Monကရေင်Karen, Kayin name of one of Tibeto-burman speaking national groups of the Union of Burma
Every word from Mon ကရေင်