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Burmese
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English
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Burmese (cat)
Alternative forms
en Birmese obsolete
Etymology
en :af Burma -ese + 1
Pronunciation
en /bɜːˈmiːz/ RP
en /bɝˈmiz/ GA
en en-us-Burmese.ogg US
en iːz 2
Adjective
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Of or relating to Burma (Myanmar) or its people or language.
en Myanmarese Myanma Myanmar
en @welovburfkingmese w:Instagram 28 January 2026 https://www.instagram.com/p/DUEBx7wDWqp/ me using my burmese passport as a diary so at least it's useful
Derived terms
en Burmese star tortoise Burmese python Burmeseness Burmese coriander Burmilla Lolo-Burmese Sino-Burmese
Translations
of or relating to Burma
Albanian: sq birmanez
Arabic: ar بُورْمِيّ
Armenian: hy բիրմանական
Assamese: as মান, as মানতৰা
Asturian: ast birmanu
Azerbaijani: az birma, az birman
Belarusian: be бiрма́нскi
Bengali: bn বর্মী
Bulgarian: bg бирма́нски
Burmese: my မြန်မာ့, my ဗမာ့, my မြန်မာ, my ဗမာ
Catalan: ca birmà
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 緬甸 緬甸的 Miǎndiàn de
Czech: cs barmský m
Danish: da burmesisk
Dutch: nl Birmaans, nl Birmees
Finnish: fi burmalainen
French: fr birman m, fr birmane f
Galician: gl birmano m, gl birmana f
Georgian: ka ბირმული
German: de myanmarisch, de birmanisch, de burmesisch
Greek: el βιρμανικός
Gujarati: gu બ્રહ્મી, gu બર્મી, gu બર્મીઝ
Hindi: hi बर्मी
Hungarian: hu burmai, hu mianmari
Icelandic: is búrmískur
Irish: ga Burmach, ga as Maenmar, ga ó Mhaenmar
Italian: it birmano m
Japanese: ja ビルマ ビルマの Biruma no, ja ミャンマー ミャンマーの Myanmā no
Jingpho: kac
Karen:
Pa'o Karen: blk ငေါဝ်း
Kazakh: kk бирма, kk мьянма
Khmer: km ភូមា
Korean: ko 버마 ^버마-의, ko 미얀마 ^미얀마-의
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr burmayî
Kyrgyz: ky бирма, ky мьянма
Lao: lo ພະມ້າ
Latvian: lv birmiešu
Macedonian: mk бурмански
Malay: ms Burma
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn бирм, mn мьянмар
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb burmesisk, nb myanmarsk
Nynorsk: nn burmesisk, nn myanmarsk
Persian: fa برمهای berme'âyi
Polish: pl mjanmański m, pl birmański m
Portuguese: pt birmanês m, pt birmã m, pt birmane m
Rakhine: rki ပြူ
Romanian: ro birman
Russian: ru бирма́нский
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh бу̀рманскӣ
Latin: sh bùrmanskī
Shan: shn မၢၼ်ႈ
Slovak: sk barmský
Slovene: sl burmanski
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: hsb birmaski
Spanish: es birmano
Swedish: sv burmesisk
Sylheti: syl ꠝꠣꠘ
Tagalog: tl Burmes
Tajik: tg бирмагӣ
Tavoyan: tvn ဂံ
Thai: th พม่า
Turkish: tr Birmanyalı, tr Birmanya
Turkmen: tk birma
Ukrainian: uk бірма́нський
Urdu: ur برمی barmī
Uyghur: ug بىرما
Uzbek: uz birma
Vietnamese: vi Miến Điện
Zhuang: za Menjden
Noun
thumb|A playful Burmese.
*
en chiefly in the plural A person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent.
en zoology A medium-sized, short-haired domestic cat of a breed originating in Thailand.
Usage notes
Synonyms
en Burman
Translations
a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
Arabic: ar بُورْمِيّ m burmiyy, ar بُورْمِيَّة f burmiyya
Armenian: hy բիրմացի
Assamese: as মান, as মানতৰা
Asturian: ast birmanu m, ast birmana f
Belarusian: be бірма́нец m, be бірма́нка f
Bengali: bn
Bulgarian: bg бирма́нец m, bg бирма́нка f
Burmese: my မြန်မာ, my ဗမာ, my မြန်မာလူမျိုး, my ဗမာလူမျိုး
Catalan: ca birmà m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 緬甸人 Miǎndiànrén, cmn 緬族 Miǎnzú
Czech: cs Barmánec m, cs Barmánka f
Danish: da burmeser c
Dutch: nl Birmaan m, nl Birmees m, nl Birmese f
Finnish: fi burmalainen
French: fr Birman m, fr Birmane f
Galician: gl birmano m, gl birmana f
German: de Myanmare m, de Birmane m, de Myanmarin f, de Birmanin f
Greek: el Βιρμανός m, el Βιρμανή f
Gujarati: gu બ્રહ્મી m, gu બર્મીઝ m
Hindi: hi बर्मी
Hungarian: hu burmai, hu mianmari
Icelandic: is
Irish: ga duine as Maenmar m, ga Burmach m
Italian: it birmano m
Japanese: ja ビルマ人 birumajin, ja ミャンマー人 myanmājin
Kazakh: kk бирмалық
Khmer: km ភូមា
Latvian: lv birmietis m, lv birmiete f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb burmeser m, nb myanmarer m
Nynorsk: nn burmesar m, nn myanmarar m
Polish: pl Mjanmańczyk m-pr, pl Mjanmanka f; pl Birmańczyk m-pr, pl Birmanka f
Portuguese: pt birmã m f, pt birmane m f
Rohingya: rhg Bormáya
Romanian: ro birman m, ro birmană f
Russian: ru бирма́нец m, ru бирма́нка f
Slovak: sk Barman m, sk Barmanka f
Spanish: es birmano
Tagalog: tl Burmes
Turkish: tr Birmanyalı
Ukrainian: uk бірма́нець m, uk бірма́нка f
cat
Burmese: my မြန်မာ့ကြောင်, my ဗမာကြောင်
Danish: da burmeser c, da burmeserkat c
Finnish: fi burma, fi burmankissa
Japanese: ja バーミーズ Bāmīzu
Khmer: km ភូមា pʰuumie
Korean: ko 버미즈
Polish: pl kot burmski m, pl kot burmański m
Portuguese: pt birmanês m, pt sagrado da Birmânia m
Romanian: ro birmaneză f
Proper noun
en Q9228The Sino-Tibetan official language of the country Burma. Also known as Myanmar (which is the name preferred by the country's current government).
en Unicode in, Zawgyi out: Modernity finally catches up in Myanmar's digital world w:The Japan Times https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/27/business/tech/unicode-in-zawgyi-out-myanmar/ 2019-09-27 Today around 90 percent of people use Zawgyi instead of Unicode.Incompatible without fiddly plug-ins, it only allows people to communicate in Burmese with other Zawgyi users, excluding the nation’s minority languages. Its clunkiness also means search functions do not work, crippling data storage systems. https://web.archive.org/web/20200822105601/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/27/business/tech/unicode-in-zawgyi-out-myanmar/
The script in which the Burmese language is written.
Translations
language
Arabic: ar بُورْمِيّ m burmiyy, ar بُورْمِيَّة f burmiyya
Armenian: hy բիրմաներեն
Assamese: as মান ভাষা
Asturian: ast birmanu
Belarusian: be бірма́нская мо́ва f, be бірма́нская f
Bengali: bn বর্মী ভাষা
Bulgarian: bg бирма́нски m ези́к
Burmese: (written language) my မြန်မာစာ, my ဗမာစာ; (spoken language) my မြန်မာစကား, my ဗမာစကား, written and spoken my မြန်မာဘာသာ
Catalan: ca birmà m
Chinese:
Hokkien: nan-hbl 緬甸語 bián-tián-gí, bián-tián-gú
Mandarin: cmn 緬甸語 miǎndiànyǔ
Czech: cs barmština f, cs myanmarština f
Danish: da burmesisk
Dutch: nl Birmaans n, nl Birmees n
Finnish: fi burma, fi burman kieli
French: fr birman m
Galician: gl birmano
German: de Birmanisch n, de Burmesisch n
Greek: el βιρμανικά p, el Βιρμανική f
Gujarati: gu બ્રહ્મી f
Hindi: hi बर्मी f
Hmong:
Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao: cqd
Green Hmong: hnj
White Hmong: mww
Hungarian: hu burmai
Icelandic: is búrmíska f
Indonesian: id bahasa Myanmar
Irish: ga Burmais f
Italian: it birmano m
Japanese: ja ビルマ語 Biruma-go, ja ミャンマー語 Myanmā-go
Kazakh: kk бирма тілі
Khmer: km ភាសាភូមា phiəsaa phuumiə
Korean: ko 버마어
Lao: lo ພາສາພະມ້າ
Latvian: lv birmiešu valoda f
Navajo: nv Mííanmáa bizaad
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb burmesisk m, nb myanmarsk m
Nynorsk: nn burmesisk m, nn myanmarsk m
Persian: fa زبان برمهای zabân-e berme'âyi, fa برمهای berme'âyi
Polish: język pl birmański m
Portuguese: pt birmanês m, pt birmã m, pt birmane m
Romanian: ro birmană f
Russian: ru бирма́нский m язы́к
Slovak: sk barmčina f
Slovene: sl burmanščina f
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: hsb birmašćina f
Spanish: es birmano
Swedish: sv burmesiska c
Tagalog: tl Burmes
Thai: th ภาษาพม่า paa-săa pá-mâa
Tibetan: bo འབར་མའི་སྐད
Turkish: tr Burmaca
Ukrainian: uk бірма́нська f мо́ва
Uyghur: ug بىرما تىلى
Vietnamese: vi tiếng Myanma, vi tiếng Miến Điện
Zhuang: za
script
Assamese: as মান আখৰ, as মান লিপি
Bengali: bn
Burmese: my မြန်မာစာ
Danish: da burmesisk
Finnish: fi burmalainen kirjaimisto
Galician: gl birmano m
Hungarian: hu burmai
Icelandic: is búrmískt letur n
Khmer: km ភូមា pʰuumie
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb burmesisk m, nb myanmarsk m
Nynorsk: nn burmesisk m, nn myanmarsk m
See also
my
Further reading
1 my mya
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Anagrams
en beemrsu embrues emburse
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