köken: From bede (“to ask, invite”) + mand (“man”). Originally a man who arranged baptisms, weddings and funerals, and personally extended the invitations.
köken: From Mon သပ္ပရိုဟ် (“good man”), corrupted from သပ္ပုရိဟ်, from Pali sappurisa (“good man”). Duke Anumanratchathon (Yong Sathiankoset) presumed that it was probably from Old Khmer សប្បរុស (sapparusa), °សប្បរស (°sapparasa), សប្បរស្ស (sapparassa, “good man; moral man; wise man; worthy man; etc”), which were hybrids of Pali sappurisa (“righteous man; true man; etc”) and Sanskrit सत्पुरुष (satpuruṣa,…