Where does “จินตนาการ” come from?

จินตนาการ (Thai) comes from Thai อาการ, from Pali ākāra, from Sanskrit अकार, from Sanskrit कार, from Sanskrit कृ, from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- — to do; to make; to build.

จินตนาการ (Thai): imagination, fancy, thought, belief, supposition, assumption

Definitions

  1. imagination, fancy, thought, belief, supposition, assumption

Ancestry of “จินตนาการ”, step by step

จินตนาการ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai อาการ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiอาการcondition; state; status; symptom; manifestation;...
2Paliākārathe letter 'ā'; state, condition; quality,...
3SanskritअकारThe Devanagari letter अ; The vowel sound /ɐ/
4Sanskritकारgain, prize, booty; contest, war; an act, action
5Sanskritकृto make
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷer-to do; to make; to build

via Thai จินตนา

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiจินตนาto imagine
2Sanskritचिन्तनthinking, thinking of, reflecting upon; anxious...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷer-Every word from Sanskrit कृEvery word from Sanskrit कार
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