Where does “རྨ་བྱ” come from?

རྨ་བྱ (Tibetan) comes from Sanskrit मयूर, from Proto-Dravidian mayil- — peacock.

རྨ་བྱ (Tibetan): peacock

Definitions

  1. peacock

Ancestry of “རྨ་བྱ”, step by step

རྨ་བྱ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit मयूर

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritमयूरpeacock
2Proto-Dravidianmayil-peacock

via Tibetan བྱ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanབྱbird; placed after certain verbs to produce...
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*b(j/r)abird
Every word from Proto-Dravidian mayil- →Every word from Sanskrit मयूर →