ခင်ဗျား

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Burmese

Etymology

Contraction of သခင်ဘုရား (sa.hkangbhu.ra:, master lord).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respellings: ခင်ဗျား, ခ'များ
  • IPA(key): /kʰɪ̀ɴbjá/, /kʰəmjá/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hkangbya: • ALA-LC: khaṅʻbyāʺ • BGN/PCGN: hkinbya:/hkămya: • Okell: hkiñbyà/hkămyà

Pronoun

ခင်ဗျား (hkangbya:)

  1. (men's speech) you (singular, polite, used by males)
    ခင်ဗျားနာမည်ဘယ်လိုခေါ်လဲ
    hkangbya:namanybhailuihkausa.lai:||
    What is your name?

Particle

ခင်ဗျား (hkangbya:)

  1. (men's speech) sir

Usage notes

Put at the end of a sentence as a polite term of address to the listener. Used by males.

  1. မင်္ဂလာပါ ခင်ဗျာ
    mangga.lapa hkangbya
    Hello (male speaker with the word used as an appellative)

Synonyms

  • နင် (nang) (addressed to someone younger than the speaker)
  • မင်း (mang:) (addressing peers or subordinates)
  • ရှင် (hrang) (singular, polite, used by females)

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