How to Say “Apple” in Burmese

ပန်းသီး
pan:si:/páɴðí/
The English word "apple" is ပန်းသီး (pan:si:) in Burmese.
ပန်းသီး refers to the fruit of the Malus domestica tree.
Meaning: fruit of Malus domestica (noun)

How do you pronounce it?

The word is pronounced as pan:si: (/páɴðí/).

Did you know?

  • The word ပန်းသီး literally translates to 'flower fruit' because ပန်း can mean 'flower' or 'pink'.
  • The word ပန်း is a linguistic 'double agent' in Burmese, serving as both the word for 'flower' and a descriptor for a shade of 'pink'.
  • In Burmese, the component သီး (si:) can be used as a suffix to turn many botanical terms into specific fruits.

Examples in context

  • ပန်းသီးတစ်လုံး စားချင်တယ်။
    pan thii ta lone sar chin tal.
    I want to eat an apple.
  • ဒီပန်းသီးက အရမ်းချိုတယ်။
    di pan thii ka ayan cho tal.
    This apple is very sweet.
  • ဈေးက ပန်းသီးဈေးကြီးတယ်။
    zay ka pan thii zay kyi tal.
    Apples are expensive at the market.

Example conversation

At a grocery store, Kyaw Kyaw is helping Khai Khai pick fruit.

  1. ကျော်ကျော် Kyaw Kyaw

    ခိုင်ခိုင်၊ ပန်းသီးဝယ်မလား။
    Khaikhaik, pan thii wel ma lar?
    Khai Khai, do you want to buy apples?
  2. ခိုင်ခိုင် Khine Khine

    ဟုတ်ကဲ့၊ ပန်းသီးအနီလေးတွေ ဝယ်ချင်တယ်။
    Hote kae, pan thii a ni lay tway wel chin tal.
    Yes, I want to buy some red apples.
  3. ကျော်ကျော် Kyaw Kyaw

    ဒီပန်းသီးတွေက လတ်ဆတ်တယ်နော်။
    Di pan thii tway ka lat sat tal naw.
    These apples are very fresh.
  4. ခိုင်ခိုင် Khine Khine

    အော်၊ ဒါဆိုရင် ဝယ်လိုက်ရအောင်။
    Aw, dar so yin wel lite ya aung.
    Oh, then let's buy them.

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