Myanmar

See also: myanmar

English

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Myanmar

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Etymology

Borrowed, initially into British English, from Burmese မြန်မာ (mranma), the formal Burmese name of the main ethnic group in Myanmar; ဗမာ (ba.ma), from which Burma is derived, is the informal name. Both Burmese terms are also adjectives meaning "Burmese" (related to Myanmar/Burma, its, people, language, etc). Like in the word Burma, the r was not originally pronounced (and is not present in the Burmese term), it is a vowel-lengthening device used by non-rhotic (British) dialects; compare gorm.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmjɑnˌmɑɹ/, /ˌmjɑnˈmɑɹ/, /ˈmjænˌmɑɹ/

  • Audio (US); /ˌmjɑnˈmɑɹ/:

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mjænˈmɑː/, /ˈmjæn.mɑː/, /ˈmaɪ̯ænˌmɑː/

  • Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

Proper noun

Myanmar

2. A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Capital: Naypyidaw. Also known as Burma (which was formerly the official name).
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     The watchdog group Global Witness recently found that Chinese companies with links to Myanmar rare-earth supplies have listed as customers Ford Motor, Hyundai Motor, Siemens, Tesla, Vestas Wind Systems, Volkswagen and others.

4. The Sino-Tibetan official language of the country of Myanmar.

   Synonym: Burmese

6. The script in which the Myanmar language is written.

   Synonym: Burmese

Translations

Southeast Asian country — see also Burma

Afrikaans: Mianmar (af) Albanian: Birmania, Mjanmar Amharic: በርማ (bärma) Arabic: مِيَانْمَار f (miyānmār), بُورْمَا f (burmā), بِرْمَانْيَا f (birmānyā) Armenian: Մյանմա (Myanma), Բիրմա (hy) (Birma) Assamese: ম্যানমাৰ (myanomar) Asturian: Myanmar (ast) Azerbaijani: Myanma (az) Bashkir: Мьянма (Myanma) Belarusian: М'я́нмар m (Mʺjánmar), М'я́нма f (Mʺjánma), Бі́рма f (Bírma) Bengali: মিয়ানমার (bn) (miẏanomar), বার্মা (bn) (barma), ব্রহ্মদেশ (bn) (brohmodeś) Breton: Myanmar Bulgarian: Миа́нмар m (Miánmar), Би́рма f (Bírma) Burmese: မြန်မာ (my) (mranma) Catalan: Myanmar (ca) m Chinese: Cantonese: 緬甸 / 缅甸 (min5 din6) Hokkien: 緬甸 / 缅甸 (Bián-tián) Mandarin: 緬甸 / 缅甸 (zh) (Miǎndiàn) Wu: 緬甸 / 缅甸 (6mi-di) Czech: Myanmar (cs) m Danish: Myanmar n Dhivehi: މިއަންމާ (mian̊mā), ބަރުމާ (barumā) Dutch: Myanmar (nl) n Dzongkha: མེ་མར (me mar) Esperanto: Mjanmao, Birmo (eo) Estonian: Myanmar (et) (official), Birma (et) Farefare: Mianma, Miama, Bama Finnish: Myanmar (fi) French: Myanmar (fr) m, Birmanie (fr) f Galician: Birmania (gl), Myanmar (gl) Georgian: მიანმარი (ka) (mianmari), ბირმა (birma) German: Myanmar (de) n Greek: Μυανμάρ n (Myanmár), Βιρμανία (el) f (Virmanía) Green Hmong: Meev Teem Gujarati: બ્રહ્મદેશ (brahmadeś) Hausa: Bama, Myanmar, Miyamar Hebrew: מִיאַנְמָר f (myanmar) Hindi: म्यानमार (hi) m (myānmār), म्यान्मार (hi) m (myānmār), बरमा (hi) m (barmā), ब्रह्मदेश m (brahmadeś), म्यान्मा m (myānmā), बर्मा m (barmā) Hungarian: Mianmar (hu) Icelandic: Búrma f, Mjanmar (is) Indonesian: Myanmar (id) Interlingua: Myanmar Irish: Maenmar f Italian: Myanmar (it) Japanese: ミャンマー (ja) (Myanmā), ビルマ (ja) (Biruma) Jingpho: please add this translation if you can Kannada: ಬರ್ಮ (kn) (barma) Kashmiri: बर्मा (barmā) Kazakh: Мьянма (kk) (Mänma) Khmer: មីយ៉ាន់ម៉ា (km) (miiyanmaa), ភូមា (km) (phuumiə) Korean: 미얀마 (ko) (Miyanma), 버마 (ko) (Beoma), 먄마 (ko) (Myanma) (North Korea) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: Miyanmar (ku), Birmanya (ku), Burma (ku) Kyrgyz: Мьянма (ky) (Myanma) Lao: ພະມ້າ (pha mā), ມຽນມາ (mīan mā) Latin: Birmania f (New Latin) Latvian: Mjanma (lv) f Lithuanian: Mianmaras (lt) m Lutuv: Vieruo Lü: ᦙᦱᧃᧈ (maan¹) Macedonian: Мјанмар m (Mjanmar), Бурма f (Burma) Malayalam: മ്യാൻമാർ (myāṉmāṟ) Maltese: Mjanmar Manchu: ᠮᡳᠶᠠᠨ ᡩᡳᠶᠠᠨ (miyan diyan) Manx: Yn Vurmey f Maori: Pēma, Maiāma Marathi: ब्रह्मदेश m (brahmadeś), म्यानमार n (myānmār) Mon: ဍုၚ်ဗၟာ Mongolian: Cyrillic: Мьянмар (mn) (Mʹjanmar), Бирм (Birm) Mongolian: ᠪᠢᠷᠮ (birm) Navajo: Mííanmáa Nepali: म्यानमार (myānmār), ब्रह्मदेश (brahmadeś) Norman: Myanmar m Norwegian: Bokmål: Myanmar (no) n, Burma n Odia: ମିଆଁମାର (miā̃māra) Pashto: ماينامار (miyānmār), برما (ps) (bərmā) Persian: Iranian Persian: مِیانْمار (miyânmâr), بِرْمِه (berme) Polish: Birma (pl) f, Mjanma (pl) f, Myanmar (pl) m inan Portuguese: Mianmar (pt) m, Birmânia (pt) f Punjabi: Gurmukhi: ਬਰਮਾ m (barmā), ਬ੍ਰਹਮਦੇਸ਼ m (brhamadeś), ਮਿਆਂਮਾਰ m (miāmmār) Rohingya: please add this translation if you can Romanian: Myanmar (ro) n Russian: Мья́нма (ru) f (Mʹjánma), Би́рма (ru) f (Bírma) Sanskrit: ब्रह्मदेश (brahmadeśa) Santali: ᱢᱤᱭᱟᱱᱢᱟᱨ (miyanmar) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Мијанмар m, Мја̏нма m, Бу̑рма m Roman: Mijanmar m, Mjȁnma (sh) m, Bȗrma (sh) m Shan: မိူင်းမၢၼ်ႈ (móeng māan), မၢၼ်ႈ (shn) (māan) Sindhi: ميانمار Sinhalese: මියන්‍මාරය (miyanmāraya), බුරුමය (si) (burumaya) Slovak: Mjanmarsko n Slovene: Mjanmár (sl) m Spanish: Myanmar (es) m, Birmania (es) Swedish: Myanmar (sv) n, Burma (sv) n Tagalog: Miyanmar, Birmanya, Burma Tajik: Мянма (Myanma), Миёнмор (Miyonmor), Бирма (Birma) Tamil: மியான்மர் (miyāṉmar), மியன்மார் (miyaṉmār) மியான்மார் (ta) (miyāṉmār), பர்மா (ta) (parmā), புட்பகம் (ta) (puṭpakam) (archaic), பிரம்மதேசம் (pirammatēcam), காழகம் (ta) (kāḻakam), கடாரம் (ta) (kaṭāram) Tatar: Мьянма (M’yanma) Telugu: బర్మా (te) (barmā) Thai: พม่า (th) (pá-mâa), เมียนมา (th) (miian-maa) Tibetan: བྷར་མ (bhar ma) Turkish: Myanmar (tr), Birmanya (tr) Turkmen: Mýanma Ukrainian: М'я́нма (uk) f (Mʺjánma), Бі́рма f (Bírma) Urdu: مِیانْمار m (miyānmār), بَرْما m (barmā) Uyghur: بىرما (birma) Uzbek: Myanma Vietnamese: Miến Điện (vi) (緬甸), Mi-an-ma, Myanmar (vi) Western Panjabi: برما m (brmā), برہمدیش m (brhmdeś), میانمار m (meyānmār) White Hmong: Meev Teem, Pha Mab (outdated) Yiddish: מיאַנמאַר (myanmar) Zhuang: Menjden

Burmese — see Burmese

Proper adjective

Myanmar (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to Myanmar, Burmese.

   Myanmar harp

   Synonyms: Burmese, Myanma

Usage notes

• Burma is a traditional name of Myanmar, and was the official name in English until 1989. It is still used to express disapproval of the military government, which changed the name. See Names of Myanmar on Wikipedia.
• Though Myanma is also an derived adjective of Myanmar, the current government has shown more favour in using the unchanged term "Myanmar" rather than "Myanma".

Derived terms

• Myanmar snub-nosed monkey
• Myanmarese
• Myanmarization
• Myanma

Related terms

• Myanma

See also

• Naypyidaw

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• Jordan
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* Countries of the world

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Myanmar, mya ⁠

Anagrams

• armyman

Asturian

Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:

Myanmar

Wikipedia ^ast

Proper noun

Myanmar ?

1. Myanmar (a country in Southeast Asia)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Myanmar

1. Myanmar (a country in Southeast Asia)

Crimean Tatar

Crimean Tatar Wikipedia has an article on:

Myanmar

Wikipedia ^crh

Proper noun

Myanmar

1. Myanmar (a country in Southeast Asia)

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

Myanmar

Wikipedia ^cs

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɪjanmar]

Proper noun

Myanmar m inan (relational adjective myanmarský)

1. Myanmar (a country in Southeast Asia)

   Synonyms: Myanma, Barma

Declension

Declension of Myanmar (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Myanmar
genitive	Myanmaru
dative	Myanmaru
accusative	Myanmar
vocative	Myanmare
locative	Myanmaru
instrumental	Myanmarem

Further reading

• “Myanmar”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Finnish

Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:

Myanmar

Wikipedia ^fi

Etymology

From Burmese မြန်မာ (mranma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiɑnmɑr/, [ˈmiɑ̝mːɑ̝r]
• IPA^(key): /ˈmjɑnmɑr/, [ˈmjɑ̝mːɑ̝r]
• IPA^(key): /ˈmyɑnmɑr/, [ˈmyɑ̝mːɑ̝r]
• Rhymes: -iɑnmɑr
• Syllabification^(key): my‧an‧mar, Myan‧mar
• Hyphenation^(key): my‧an‧mar, Myan‧mar

Proper noun

Myanmar

1. Myanmar (a country in Southeast Asia)

Declension

Inflection of Myanmar (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Myanmar	—
genitive		Myanmarin	—
partitive		Myanmaria	—
illative		Myanmariin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Myanmar	—
accusative	nom.	Myanmar	—
	gen.	Myanmarin
genitive		Myanmarin	—
partitive		Myanmaria	—
inessive		Myanmarissa	—
elative		Myanmarista	—
illative		Myanmariin	—
adessive		Myanmarilla	—
ablative		Myanmarilta	—
allative		Myanmarille	—
essive		Myanmarina	—
translative		Myanmariksi	—
abessive		Myanmaritta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Myanmar (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Myanmarini — accusative nom. Myanmarini — gen. Myanmarini genitive Myanmarini — partitive Myanmariani — inessive Myanmarissani — elative Myanmaristani — illative Myanmariini — adessive Myanmarillani — ablative Myanmariltani — allative Myanmarilleni — essive Myanmarinani — translative Myanmarikseni — abessive Myanmarittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Myanmarisi — accusative nom. Myanmarisi — gen. Myanmarisi genitive Myanmarisi — partitive Myanmariasi — inessive Myanmarissasi — elative Myanmaristasi — illative Myanmariisi — adessive Myanmarillasi — ablative Myanmariltasi — allative Myanmarillesi — essive Myanmarinasi — translative Myanmariksesi — abessive Myanmarittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Myanmarimme — accusative nom. Myanmarimme — gen. Myanmarimme genitive Myanmarimme — partitive Myanmariamme — inessive Myanmarissamme — elative Myanmaristamme — illative Myanmariimme — adessive Myanmarillamme — ablative Myanmariltamme — allative Myanmarillemme — essive Myanmarinamme — translative Myanmariksemme — abessive Myanmarittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Myanmarinne — accusative nom. Myanmarinne — gen. Myanmarinne genitive Myanmarinne — partitive Myanmarianne — inessive Myanmarissanne — elative Myanmaristanne — illative Myanmariinne — adessive Myanmarillanne — ablative Myanmariltanne — allative Myanmarillenne — essive Myanmarinanne — translative Myanmariksenne — abessive Myanmarittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Myanmarinsa — accusative nom. Myanmarinsa — gen. Myanmarinsa genitive Myanmarinsa — partitive Myanmariaan Myanmariansa — inessive Myanmarissaan Myanmarissansa — elative Myanmaristaan Myanmaristansa — illative Myanmariinsa — adessive Myanmarillaan Myanmarillansa — ablative Myanmariltaan Myanmariltansa — allative Myanmarilleen Myanmarillensa — essive Myanmarinaan Myanmarinansa — translative Myanmarikseen Myanmariksensa — abessive Myanmarittaan Myanmarittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Synonyms

• Burma

Derived terms

• myanmar
• myanmarilainen

French

French Wikipedia has an article on:

Myanmar

Wikipedia ^fr

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mjan.maʁ/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Myanmar m

1. Myanmar (a country in Southeast Asia)

   Synonym: Birmanie

Gagauz

Gagauz Wikipedia has an article on:

Myanmar

Wikipedia ^gag

Proper noun

Myanmar

1. Myanmar (a country in Southeast Asia)

German

German Wikipedia has an article on:

Myanmar

Wikipedia ^de

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aːɐ̯

Proper noun

Myanmar n (proper noun, genitive Myanmars or (optionally with an article) Myanmar)

1. Myanmar (a country in Southeast Asia)

   Synonym: Birma

Derived terms

• Myanmare
• myanmarisch