Etymology

Dawei

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Today it means: A city in Taninthayi Region, Myanmar (Burma) formerly known as Tavoy. Full definition →

Burmese ထားဝယ် ← mnw ထဝဲ
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The story

  1. mnw · derived fromထဝဲ
  2. Burmese · borrowed fromထားဝယ်
  3. English todayDawei

Borrowed from Burmese ထားဝယ် (hta:wai), ultimately from Mon ထဝဲ (literally “to sit cross-legged”).

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