ဆရာဝန်
hca.rawan/sʰa̰jàwʊ̀ɴ/
The English phrase "doctor" is translated into Burmese as ဆရာဝန် (hca.rawan).
ဆရာဝန် refers to a person who is qualified to treat people who are sick. In a medical setting, patients often address a doctor simply as ဆရာ as a respectful title, rather than using the full word ဆရာဝန်.
Which one should you use?
While ဆရာဝန် refers to the profession, ဆရာ is the common way to address the person directly or refer to them out of respect.
How do you pronounce it?
The romanization is hca.rawan and the IPA is /sʰa̰jàwʊ̀ɴ/.
Did you know?
- The Burmese word for 'doctor', ဆရာဝန်, literally translates to 'teacher of responsibility'.
- In Myanmar, the title ဆရာ is used for doctors, teachers, and even skilled artisans or musicians. It is a general term of respect for anyone who has mastered a craft or knowledge.
- While ဆရာ is the masculine or neutral form, women doctors are often addressed as ဆရာမ, adding the feminine suffix မ.
Examples in context
- ကျွန်တော် က ဆရာဝန် တစ်ယောက် မဟုတ်ပါ။I'm not a doctor.Tatoeba #4457415 by sithu015, translation #1194034 by FiRez
- ကျေးဇူးပြပြီး ငါ့ကို ဆရာဝန် ခေါ်ပေးပါ။Please call me a doctor.Tatoeba #8273631 by sithu015, translation #27897 by CK
- ကျွန်မ ဆရာဝန်နဲ့ ပြသချင်ပါတယ်။kyun ma sayarwon nae pya tha chin par tal.I want to see a doctor.
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Example conversation
Two friends are talking about a health problem.
- ဇော်ဇော် Zaw Zawနေမကောင်းဘူးလား ခိုင်ခိုင်။nay-ma-kaung-bu-lar khaing-khaingAre you feeling unwell, Khaing Khaing?
- ခိုင်ခိုင် Khine Khineဟုတ်တယ်၊ အဖျားတက်နေလို့။hot-tal, a-pya-tet-nay-loYes, I have a fever.
- ဇော်ဇော် Zaw Zawဆရာဝန် ဆီ သွားခဲ့ပြီလား။sa-ya-won si thwa-khe-pyi-larHave you been to the doctor?
- ခိုင်ခိုင် Khine Khineမသွားရသေးဘူး၊ အခုပဲ သွားမယ်။ma-thwa-ya-thay-bu, a-khu-be thwa-malNot yet, I will go now.
Sources
- Pronunciation: Wiktionary entry ဆရာဝန်, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries ဆရာဝန်, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
