English word origin

Etymology of Soe

Borrowed from Burmese စိုး (cui:) and/or Teochew 蘇 /苏 (sou¹) or Hokkien 蘇 /苏 (So͘).

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗

name

A surname.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Borrowed from Burmese စိုး (cui:) and/or Teochew 蘇 /苏 (sou¹) or Hokkien 蘇 /苏 (So͘).

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

Borrowed-form mentionစိုးmy
Borrowed-form mention蘇nan-tws
Borrowed-form mention蘇nan-hbl

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        "3": "စိုး"
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      "expansion": "Borrowed from Burmese စိုး (cui:)"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "¹"
    },
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    },
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      "苏",
      "苏#Teochew"
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      "蘇#Hokkien"
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      "苏#Hokkien"
    ]
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Source etymology 2

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name

A gewog of Thimphu District, Bhutan.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Borrowed from Dzongkha སྲོས་ (sros).

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

Borrowed-form mentionསྲོས་dz

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Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.

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