မင်္ဂလာနှစ်သစ်ပါ
mingala hnithit ba
The Burmese phrase for "happy new year" is မင်္ဂလာနှစ်သစ်ပါ (mingala hnithit ba).
Meaning: Happy New Year (phrase)
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of mingala (auspicious/blessing), hnit (year), thit (new) and the particle ba.
How does it change in a sentence?
The particle ပါ (ba) at the end of the phrase functions as a politeness marker, which makes the greeting formal and respectful.
How do you pronounce it?
mingala hnithit ba
Did you know?
- While မင်္ဂလာနှစ်သစ်ပါ is a standard greeting, Burmese people often celebrate the New Year by splashing water on one another during the Thingyan festival to wash away the previous year's misfortunes.
- The word mingala in the greeting is derived from the Pali word for 'auspicious sign' or 'blessing', reflecting the deep influence of Theravada Buddhism on the language.
- Traditional New Year celebrations often include the eating of mont lone yay paw, which are glutinous rice balls that symbolize unity and togetherness.
Examples in context
- မင်္ဂလာနှစ်သစ်ပါ!mingalar hnit thit par!Happy New Year!
- အားလုံးပဲ မင်္ဂလာနှစ်သစ်ပါလို့ ဆုတောင်းပေးပါတယ်။arr lone pal mingalar hnit thit par lo su taung pay par tal.I wish everyone a Happy New Year.
- မင်္ဂလာနှစ်သစ်ပါ၊ ပျော်ရွှင်ပါစေ။mingalar hnit thit par, pyaw shwin par say.Happy New Year, may you be happy.
Example conversation
Two friends meeting during the New Year festival.
- နှင်းနှင်း Hnin Hninကျော်ကျော်၊ မင်္ဂလာနှစ်သစ်ပါနော်။Kyaw Kyaw, mingalar hnit thit par naw.Kyaw Kyaw, Happy New Year!
- ကျော်ကျော် Kyaw Kyawနှင်းနှင်းကိုလည်း မင်္ဂလာနှစ်သစ်ပါပဲ။Hnin Hnin ko lal mingalar hnit thit par pal.Happy New Year to you too, Hnin Hnin.
- နှင်းနှင်း Hnin Hninဒီနှစ်မှာ ပျော်ရွှင်ပါစေ။dee hnit hmar pyaw shwin par say.May you be happy this year.
- ကျော်ကျော် Kyaw Kyawကျေးဇူးတင်ပါတယ်၊ မင်းလည်း ပျော်ရွှင်ပါစေ။kyay zu tin par tal, min lal pyaw shwin par say.Thank you, may you be happy too.
