How to Say “Tiger” in Burmese

ကျား
kya:/t͡ɕá/
The Burmese word for tiger is ကျား (kya:).
The word ကျား refers to the mammal Panthera tigris.
Meaning: The mammal Panthera tigris (noun)

How do you pronounce it?

The word is romanized as kya: and pronounced /tɕá/.

Did you know?

  • The word ကျား is thought to be a contraction of the word ယောက်ျား, which means 'a male person'.

Examples in context

  • ကျားကြီးတော့ ခြေရာကြီး
    The bigger the tiger, the larger the footprints.
    This sentence is useful for illustrating how the size of a ကျား relates to its footprints.
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  • ကျားတစ်ကောင်က သစ်ပင်အောက်မှာ ရှိနေတယ်။
    kyar ta kaung ka thit pin out ma shi nay tal.
    A tiger is under the tree.
  • ကျားက တောထဲမှာ နေတယ်။
    kyar ka taw htal ma nay tal.
    The tiger lives in the forest.

Example conversation

Kyaw Kyaw and Su Su are visiting a zoo.

  1. ကျော်ကျော် Kyaw Kyaw

    စုစု၊ ဟိုမှာ ကျားတစ်ကောင်ရှိတယ်။
    Su Su, ho hmar kyarr ta kaung shi tal
    Su Su, there is a tiger over there.
  2. စုစု Su Su

    ဟုတ်တယ်၊ ကျားက တကယ့်ကို လှတာပဲ။
    hote tal, kyarr ka ta-kelt ko hla tar pal
    Yes, the tiger is truly beautiful.
  3. ကျော်ကျော် Kyaw Kyaw

    ကျားတွေက အသားစားသတ္တဝါတွေလေ။
    kyarr tway ka a-thar sar that-ta-war tway lay
    Tigers are carnivores, you know.
  4. စုစု Su Su

    ဟုတ်တယ်၊ ဒါကြောင့် သတိထားရမယ်။
    hote tal, dar kyaunt tha-ti htar ya mal
    True, that's why we have to be careful.

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