မြန်မာ

Burmese

မြန်မာ

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Sanskrit ब्रह्मादेश (brahmādeśa, “country of Brahma”), a compound of ब्रह्मा (brahmā, “Brahma”) + देश (deśa, “country”) or from a Proto-Sino-Tibetan root related to Chinese 蠻/蛮 (mán, “barbarian”) and Tibetan བྲན (bran, “servant, slave”). Historical alternative spellings include မြမ္မာ (mramma) and မြံမာ (mramma). See also *mraʔ (“person”).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respellings: မြန်မာ, မြန်'မာ
  • IPA(key): /mjàɴmà/, /mjəmà/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: mranma • ALA-LC: mranʻmā • BGN/PCGN: myanma/myăma • Okell: myañma/myăma

Proper noun

မြန်မာ • (mranma) (induced creaky tone form မြန်မာ့)

  1. Myanmar (a country in Southeast Asia)
    မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ ― mranmanuingngam ― Myanmar (country)
    မြန်မာပြည် ― mranma-prany ― Myanmar (kingdom)
    မြန်မာစာ ― mranmaca ― Burmese language (written)
    မြန်မာဘာသာစကား ― mranmabhasaca.ka: ― Burmese language
    မြန်မာလူမျိုး ― mranmalu-myui: ― Burmese (person)
    မြန်မာအက္ခရာ ― mranmaakhka.ra ― Burmese alphabet, Burmese letters
    ကျွန်တော်က မြန်မာပါ။ ― kywantauka. mranmapa|| ― I am Burmese (male speaker).
    ကျွန်မက မြန်မာပါ။ ― kywanma.ka. mranmapa|| ― I am Burmese (female speaker).

Synonyms

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