မင်္ဂလာပါ
mangga.lapa/mɪ̀ɴɡəlàbà/
The English phrase "good afternoon" is translated into Burmese as မင်္ဂလာပါ (mangga.lapa).
In Burmese, the same phrase မင်္ဂလာပါ is used for "good morning", "good afternoon" and "good evening" rather than having time-specific greetings.
Meaning: greeting said in the afternoon (phrase)
How do you pronounce it?
The romanization is mangga.lapa.
Did you know?
- While မင်္ဂလာပါ is the standard formal greeting, friends often greet each other by asking ထမင်းစားပြီးပြီလား, which means 'Have you eaten rice yet?'
- In traditional Burmese culture, the concept of 'auspiciousness' implied by မင်္ဂလာ is linked to astrology and the day of the week a person was born.
- The phrase မင်္ဂလာပါ is relatively modern in its widespread use as a general 'hello' and was popularized to create a standardized national greeting.
Example conversation
A woman meets a man in a park during the afternoon.
- မြတ်နိုး Myat Noeမင်္ဂလာပါ၊ မင်းမင်း။mingalarpar, Min Min.Good afternoon, Min Min.
- မင်းမင်း Min Minမင်္ဂလာပါ၊ မြတ်နိုး။mingalarpar, Myat Noe.Good afternoon, Myat Noe.
- မြတ်နိုး Myat Noeနေသာလို့ ကောင်းတယ်နော်။nay thar lo kaung tal naw.It's nice because it's sunny.
- မင်းမင်း Min Minဟုတ်ပါတယ်၊ အရမ်းသာယာတယ်။hote par tal, ayan thar yar tal.Yes, it is very pleasant.
Sources
- Pronunciation: Wiktionary entry မင်္ဂလာပါ, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
