မြန်မာ
mranma/mjàɴmà/
Myanmar in Burmese is မြန်မာ (mranma).
မြန်မာ refers to the Southeast Asian country. Note that the term ဗမာ (Bama) is more commonly used when referring specifically to the majority Burmese ethnic group rather than the entire nation.
Meaning: Southeast Asian country (name)
How does it change in a sentence?
To refer to the nation of Myanmar formally, မြန်မာ is often followed by နိုင်ငံ (country), as seen in မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ. For a more colloquial or poetic sense of referring to the land or territory of Myanmar, မြန်မာ is often followed by ပြည်, as seen in မြန်မာပြည်.
How do you pronounce it?
The romanization is mranma and the IPA is /mjàɴmà/.
Did you know?
- The word မြန်မာ may be related to the Tibetan word བྲན (bran), which means 'servant' or 'slave'.
Examples in context
- မြန်မာပြည်Myanmar (kingdom)This sentence is useful for referring to Myanmar as a kingdom or territory.
- မြန်မာနိုင်ငံMyanmar (country)This sentence is useful for formally referring to Myanmar as a country.
- မြန်မာ ဘာသာစကားကို သင်ယူနေပါတယ်။myanma bathar sagar ko thin yu nay bar tal.I am learning the Myanmar language.
Example conversation
Two people are talking about their hometowns.
- ကျော်ကျော် Kyaw Kyawခိုင်ခိုင်က ဘယ်ကလဲ။khaing khaing ka bal ka laeWhere is Khaing Khaing from?
- ခိုင်ခိုင် Khine Khineကျွန်မ မြန်မာ ပါ။kyanma myanma paI am Myanmar.
- ကျော်ကျော် Kyaw Kyawဟုတ်လား၊ ဝမ်းသာပါတယ်။hot la, wan thar pa talReally? Nice to meet you.
- ခိုင်ခိုင် Khine Khineကျော်ကျော်ကရော ဘယ်ကလဲ။kyaw kyaw ka yaw bal ka laeAnd where is Kyaw Kyaw from?
Sources
- Wiktionary, “myanmar” translations and entries မြန်မာ, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries မြန်မာ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Wiktionary CC BY-SA 4.0.
