Where does “ၥၫ့ခၫ” come from?

ၥၫ့ခၫ (Western Pwo) comes from Burmese သံဃာ, from Pali saṅgha, from Sanskrit सङ्घ, from Sanskrit हन्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ǰʰan-.

ၥၫ့ခၫ (Western Pwo): monk

Definitions

  1. monk

Ancestry of “ၥၫ့ခၫ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1BurmeseသံဃာSangha; part of the Triple Gem (ရတနာသုံးပါး)
2Palisaṅghamultitude, assemblage of people; sangha
3Sanskritसङ्घassembly; association; group
4Sanskritहन्killing, striking, slaying; to strike, beat; to...
5Proto-Indo-Iranianǰʰan-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ǰʰan- →Every word from Sanskrit हन् →Every word from Sanskrit सङ्घ →