Given name · Burmese
ဖြူ
“white, silver, money”
ဖြူ (hpru) is a unisex given name from Old Burmese, ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan. It is used in Burmese.
BurmeseWritten in Myanmar script. In English: hpru.
Meaning & origin
What it means
ဖြူ goes back to Proto-Lolo-Burmese *plu¹, meaning “white, silver, money.”
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Where it comes from
ဖြူ comes from Old Burmese, and ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old Burmese ဖ္လူ (phlu), from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *plu¹ (“white, silver, money”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *plu (“idem”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
ဖြူ’s family of names
In Burmese usage, ဖြူ can be written in the Roman alphabet as hpru.
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