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Where does “หงสาวดี” come from?

หงสาวดี (Thai) comes from Burmese ဟံသာဝတီ, from Mon ဟံသာဝတဳ, from Pali ဟံသော, from Pali haṃsāvatī.

Ancestry of “หงสาวดี”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဟံသာဝတီ—
2Monဟံသာဝတဳ—
3Paliဟံသော—
4Palihaṃsāvatī—
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