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Burmese
Etymology
Derived from မြန်မာ (mranma, “Myanmar”):
- မြန်မာ /mjàɴmà/ → မြန်မာ /mjəmà/ (vowel reduction) → ဗမာ /bəmà/ (dissimilation of initial /m/)
Pronunciation
- Phonetic respelling: ဗ'မာ
- IPA(key): /bəmà/
- Romanization: MLCTS: ba.ma • ALA-LC: bamā • BGN/PCGN: băma • Okell: băma
Proper noun
ဗမာ • (ba.ma) (induced creaky tone form ဗမာ့)
- Burma (a country in Southeast Asia); Burmese
- ဗမာနိုင်ငံ ― ba.manuingngam ― Burma (country)
- ဗမာပြည် ― ba.maprany ― Burma (country)
- ဗမာစာ ― ba.maca ― Burmese language (written)
- ဗမစာ ― ba.ma.ca ― Burmese language (written)
- ဗမာဘာသာ ― ba.mabhasa ― Burmese language
- ဗမာစကား ― ba.maca.ka: ― Burmese language
- ဗမစကား ― ba.ma.ca.ka: ― Burmese language
Synonyms
Descendants
Mon
Etymology
From Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), from မြန်မာ (mranma).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
ဗမာ (bamā)
- (Myanmar, Thailand) Burma, Myanmar (a country in Southeast Asia); Burman; Burmese (country, person or language)