သမီး
sa.mi:/θəmí/
The Burmese word for daughter is သမီး. If unsure, use သမီး (sa.mi:). Wiktionary also lists သ္မီး (sa.mi:).
Meaning: female offspring (noun)
Ways to say it
| Burmese | Romanization (Wiktionary) | IPA |
|---|---|---|
| သမီး | sa.mi: | /θəmí/ |
| သ္မီး | sa.mi: |
သမီး is used to refer to one's daughter or can be used to address a younger female relative or acquaintance in a polite manner.
How does it change in a sentence?
To form the plural သမီးတွေ (daughters), add the particle 'တွေ' to the end of the word.
How do you pronounce it?
The romanization is sa.mi: and the IPA is /θəmí/.
Did you know?
- Burmese speakers may use သမီး as a first-person pronoun when a daughter is speaking to her parents, effectively calling herself 'daughter' instead of using 'I'.
- The word သမီး is built from the word for 'son' သား combined with မီး, a syllable used to denote feminine qualities.
- While သမီး is the standard modern form, you may encounter the archaic spelling သ္မီး in older texts.
Examples in context
- သူမမှာ သမီးတစ်ယောက်ရှိတယ်။thu ma hma thami tit yaut shi tal.She has one daughter.
Example conversation
Two friends are talking about their families.
- စုစု Su Suမင်းမင်းမှာ သမီးရှိလား။min min hmar thamee shi lar?Min Min, do you have a daughter?
- မင်းမင်း Min Minဟုတ်ကဲ့၊ သမီးတစ်ယောက်ရှိပါတယ်။houk ke, thamee ta yauk shi ba tal.Yes, I have one daughter.
- စုစု Su Suသမီးလေးက အသက်ဘယ်လောက်ရှိပြီလဲ။thamee lay ka a thet bal lout shi pyi lae?How old is your daughter?
- မင်းမင်း Min Minသမီးက အသက် ငါးနှစ်ရှိပါပြီ။thamee ka a thet nga hnit shi ba pyi.My daughter is five years old.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “daughter” translations and entries သမီး, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries သမီး, CC BY-SA 4.0.
