Etymology

Yodaya

Y4O1D2A1Y4A1

Today it means: Yodaya, a genre of Burmese classical music; see မဟာဂီတ (ma.hagita.) Full definition →

Burmese ယိုးဒယား ← Thai อยุธยา ← Sanskrit अयोध्या
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The story

  1. Sanskrit · derived fromअयोध्या
  2. Thai · derived fromอยุธยา“Ayutthaya”
  3. Burmese · borrowed fromယိုးဒယား
  4. English todayYodaya

Borrowed from Burmese ယိုးဒယား (yui:da.ya:), in turn from Thai อยุธยา (à-yút-tá-yaa, “Ayutthaya”), ultimately from Sanskrit अयोध्या (ayodhyā). Doublet of Ayodhya and Ayutthaya.

Words from the same roots

Thaiอยุธยา all →

Ayutthaya

Sanskritअयोध्या all →

AyodhyaAyutthaya

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.