Burmese

Burmese

English

Alternative forms

• Birmese (obsolete)

Etymology

Burma +‎ -ese

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɜːˈmiːz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /bɝˈmiz/

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• Rhymes: -iːz

Adjective

Burmese (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to Burma (Myanmar) or its people or language.

Synonyms

• Myanma

Derived terms

• Burmeseness

Translations

of or relating to Burma

Albanian: birmanez Arabic: بُورْمِيّ‎ (būrmiyy) Armenian: բիրմանական (hy) (birmanakan) Assamese: মান (man), মানতৰা (mantora) Azerbaijani: birma, birman Belarusian: бiрма́нскi (birmánski) Bengali: বর্মী (bn) (bôrmī) Bulgarian: бирма́нски (birmánski) Burmese: မြန်မာ့ (mranma.), ဗမာ့ (ba.ma.), မြန်မာ (my) (mranma), ဗမာ (my) (ba.ma) Catalan: birmà (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 緬甸的／缅甸的 (zh) (Miǎndiàn de) Czech: barmský (cs) m Danish: burmesisk (da) Finnish: burmalainen (fi) French: birman (fr) m, birmane (fr) f Galician: birmano (gl) m, birmana f Georgian: ბირმული (birmuli) German: myanmarisch (de), birmanisch (de), burmesisch (de) Greek: βιρμανικός (el) (virmanikós) Hindi: बर्मी (barmī) Hungarian: burmai (hu), mianmari Icelandic: búrmískur Irish: Burmach, as Maenmar, ó Mhaenmar Italian: birmano (it) m Japanese: ビルマの (ja) (Biruma no), ミャンマーの (ja) (Myanmā no) Jingpho: please add this translation if you can Kazakh: бирма (birma), мьянма (mänma) Khmer: ភូមា (km) (phuumiə) Korean: 버마의 (ko) (beomaui), 미얀마의 (ko) (miyanmaui) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: burmayî (ku) Kyrgyz: бирма (birma), мьянма (mʹyanma) Lao: ພະມ້າ (pha mā) Latvian: birmiešu Macedonian: бурмански (burmanski) Malay: Burma Mongolian: Cyrillic: бирм (birm), мьянмар (mʹjanmar) Norwegian: Bokmål: burmesisk, myanmarsk Nynorsk: burmesisk (nn), myanmarsk Persian: برمه‌ای‎ (berme'âyi) Polish: mjanmański (pl) m, birmański (pl) m Portuguese: birmanês (pt) m, birmã m, birmane m Rakhine: ပြူ Romanian: birman (ro) Russian: бирма́нский (ru) (birmánskij) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: бу̀рманскӣ Roman: bùrmanskī (sh) Shan: မၢၼ်ႈ (shn) (māan) Slovak: barmský (sk) Slovene: burmanski Spanish: birmano (es) Swedish: burmesisk (sv) Sylheti: ꠝꠣꠘ (man) Tagalog: Burmes Tajik: бирмагӣ (birmagī) Tavoyan: ဂံ Thai: พม่า (th) (pá-mâa) Turkish: Birmanyalı, Birmanya (tr) Turkmen: birma Ukrainian: бірма́нський (uk) (birmánsʹkyj) Urdu: برمی‎ (barmī) Uyghur: بىرما‎ (birma) Uzbek: birma (uz) Vietnamese: Miến Điện (vi) Zhuang: Menjden

Noun

A playful Burmese.

Burmese (plural Burmese)

1. A person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent.
2. (zoology) A medium-sized, short-haired domestic cat breed, originating in Thailand.

Usage notes

As with other nationalities formed with -ese, the countable singular noun in reference to a person (as in "I am a Burmese", "writing about Burmese cuisine as a Burmese") is uncommon and often taken as incorrect. In its place, the adjective is used, by itself (as in "I am Burmese") or with a word like person, man, or woman ("writing about Burmese cuisine as a Burmese person").

Synonyms

• Burman

Translations

a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent

Arabic: بُورْمِيّ‎ m (burmiyy), بُورْمِيَّة‎ f (burmiyya) Armenian: բիրմացի (birmacʿi) Assamese: মান (man), মানতৰা (mantora) Belarusian: бірма́нец m (birmánjec), бірма́нка f (birmánka) Bengali: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: бирма́нец m (birmánec), бирма́нка f (birmánka) Burmese: မြန်မာ (my) (mranma), ဗမာ (my) (ba.ma), မြန်မာလူမျိုး (mranmalu-myui:), ဗမာလူမျိုး (ba.malu-myui:) Catalan: birmà (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 緬甸人／缅甸人 (zh) (Miǎndiànrén), 緬族／缅族 (Miǎnzú) Czech: Barmánec (cs) m, Barmánka (cs) f Danish: burmeser c Dutch: Birmaan (nl) m, Birmees (nl) m, Birmese (nl) f Finnish: burmalainen (fi) French: Birman (fr) m, Birmane (fr) f Galician: birmano (gl) m, birmana f German: Myanmare (de) m, Birmane m, Myanmarin (de) f, Birmanin f Greek: Βιρμανός m (Virmanós), Βιρμανή f (Virmaní) Hindi: बर्मी (barmī) Hungarian: burmai (hu), mianmari Icelandic: please add this translation if you can Irish: duine as Maenmar m, Burmach m Italian: birmano (it) m Japanese: ビルマ人 (birumajin), ミャンマー人 (myanmājin) Kazakh: бирмалық (birmalyq) Khmer: ភូមា (km) (phuumiə) Latvian: birmietis m, birmiete f Norwegian: Bokmål: burmeser (no) m, myanmarer m Nynorsk: burmesar (nn) m, myanmarar m Polish: Mjanmańczyk (pl) m pers, Mjanmanka (pl) f; Birmańczyk (pl) m pers, Birmanka (pl) f Portuguese: birmã m or f, birmane m or f Romanian: birman (ro) m, birmană (ro) f Russian: бирма́нец (ru) m (birmánec), бирма́нка (ru) f (birmánka) Slovak: Barman m, Barmanka f Spanish: birmano (es) Tagalog: Burmes Turkish: Birmanyalı Ukrainian: бірма́нець (uk) m (birmánecʹ), бірма́нка f (birmánka)

cat

Burmese: မြန်မာ့ကြောင် (mranma.kraung), ဗမာကြောင် (ba.ma-kraung) Danish: burmeser c, burmeserkat c Finnish: burma (fi), burmankissa Khmer: ភូមា (km) (pʰuumie) Polish: kot burmski m, kot burmański m Portuguese: birmanês (pt) m, sagrado da Birmânia m Romanian: birmaneză f

Proper noun

Burmese

1. The Sino-Tibetan official language of the country Burma. Also known as Myanmar (which is the name preferred by the country's current government).
2. The script in which the Burmese language is written.

Translations

language

Arabic: بُورْمِيّ‎ m (burmiyy), بُورْمِيَّة‎ f (burmiyya) Armenian: բիրմաներեն (hy) (birmaneren) Assamese: মান ভাষা (man bhaxa) Belarusian: бірма́нская мо́ва f (birmánskaja móva), бірма́нская f (birmánskaja) Bengali: বর্মী ভাষা (bn) (bôrmī bhaṣa) Bulgarian: бирма́нски m (birmánski) (ези́к) Burmese: (written language) မြန်မာစာ (mranmaca), ဗမာစာ (ba.maca); (spoken language) မြန်မာစကား (my) (mranmaca.ka:), ဗမာစကား (my) (ba.maca.ka:), (written and spoken) မြန်မာဘာသာ (mranmabhasa) Catalan: birmà (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 緬甸語／缅甸语 (zh) (miǎndiànyǔ) Min Nan: 緬甸語 (bián-tián-gí, bián-tián-gú) Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao: please add this translation if you can Czech: barmština (cs) f Danish: burmesisk (da) Dutch: Birmaans (nl) n Finnish: burma (fi), burman kieli French: birman (fr) m Galician: birmano (gl) German: Birmanisch (de) n, Burmesisch (de) n Greek: βιρμανικά (el) pl (virmaniká), Βιρμανική f (Virmanikí) Green Hmong: please add this translation if you can Gujarati: please add this translation if you can Hindi: बर्मी f (barmī) Hungarian: burmai (hu) Icelandic: búrmíska (is) f Indonesian: bahasa Myanmar Irish: Burmais f Italian: birmano (it) m Japanese: ビルマ語 (ja) (Biruma-go), ミャンマー語 (Myanmā-go) Kazakh: бирма тілі (birma tılı) Khmer: ភាសាភូមា (phiəsaa phuumiə) Korean: 버마어 (beoma'eo) Lao: ພາສາພະມ້າ (phā sā pha mā) Latvian: birmiešu valoda f Navajo: Mííanmáa bizaad Norwegian: Bokmål: burmesisk m, myanmarsk m Nynorsk: burmesisk (nn) m, myanmarsk m Persian: زبان برمه‌ای‎ (zabân-e berme'âyi), برمه‌ای‎ (berme'âyi) Polish: (język) birmański (pl) m Portuguese: birmanês (pt) m, birmã m, birmane m Romanian: birmană (ro) f Russian: бирма́нский (ru) m (birmánskij) (язы́к) Slovak: barmčina (sk) f Slovene: burmanščina f Spanish: birmano (es) Swedish: burmesiska (sv) c Tagalog: Burmes Thai: ภาษาพม่า (th) (paa-săa pá-mâa) Tibetan: འབར་མའི་སྐད ('bar ma'i skad) Turkish: Burmaca Ukrainian: бірма́нська f (birmánsʹka) (мо́ва) Uyghur: بىرما تىلى‎ (birma tili) Vietnamese: tiếng Myanma, tiếng Miến Điện White Hmong: please add this translation if you can Zhuang: please add this translation if you can

script

Assamese: মান আখৰ (man akhor), মান লিপি (man lipi) Bengali: please add this translation if you can Burmese: မြန်မာစာ (mranmaca) Danish: burmesisk (da) Finnish: burmalainen kirjaimisto Galician: birmano (gl) m Hungarian: burmai (hu) Icelandic: búrmískt letur n Khmer: ភូមា (km) (pʰuumie) Norwegian: Bokmål: burmesisk m, myanmarsk m Nynorsk: burmesisk (nn) m, myanmarsk m

See also

• Appendix:Burmese Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Burmese

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code my, ISO 639-3 code mya (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Burmese, mya ⁠

Anagrams

• embrues, emburse