Etymograph

English

Rakhine

Rakhine comes from Burmese ရခိုင် ‘Rakhine, an ethnic group in Myanmar (Burma)’.

  1. Burmesemodernရခိုင်ra.hkuing‘Rakhine, an ethnic group in Myanmar (Burma)’
  2. EnglishtodayRakhine

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Burmesemodernရခိုင်ra.hkuing‘Rakhine, an ethnic group in Myanmar (Burma)’
  2. EnglishtodayRakhine

Every English word from Burmese ရခိုင်

Today it means

noun An ethnic group in Myanmar (Burma), forming the majority along the coastal region of present-day Rakhine State. They were formerly called the Arakanese.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Burmese ရခိုင် / Rakhine

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