ဗမာ

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Burmese

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Etymology

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Derived from မြန်မာ (mranma, Myanmar):

မြန်မာ /mjàɴmà/မြန်မာ /mjəmà/ (vowel reduction) → ဗမာ /bəmà/ (dissimilation of initial /m/)

Pronunciation

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  • Phonetic respelling: ဗ'မာ
  • IPA(key): /bəmà/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: ba.ma • ALA-LC: bamā • BGN/PCGN: băma • Okell: băma

Proper noun

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ဗမာ (ba.ma) (induced creaky tone form ဗမာ့)

  1. Burma (a country in Southeast Asia); Burmese
    ဗမာနိုင်ငံba.manuingngamBurma (country)
    ဗမာပြည်ba.mapranyBurma (country)
    ဗမာစာba.macaBurmese language (written)
    ဗမစာba.ma.caBurmese language (written)
    ဗမာဘာသာba.mabhasaBurmese language
    ဗမာစကားba.maca.ka:Burmese language
    ဗမစကားba.ma.ca.ka:Burmese language

Synonyms

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Descendants

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Mon

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), from မြန်မာ (mranma).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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ဗမာ (bamā)

  1. (Myanmar, Thailand) Burma, Myanmar (a country in Southeast Asia); Burman; Burmese (country, person or language)