Burma

See also: burma, Búrma, and ɓurma

English

Alternative forms

• Birma, Birmah (obsolete)
• Burmah (archaic)

Etymology

From Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma); see Myanmar for more.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɝmə/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɜːmə/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)mə
• Hyphenation: Bur‧ma

Proper noun

Burma

2. A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Capital: Naypyidaw. Officially known as Myanmar.
   • 1898, Archibald R. Colquhoun, “The Geographical Question”, in China in Transformation‎^[1], Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, page 14:

     The province of Yunnan lies in the extreme southwest of the Empire, its southern and western borders forming the northern frontiers of Tongking and Burma respectively. On the north it is bordered by Szechuan, and on the east by Kweichau and Kwangsi. It is the third largest province of the Empire, its area measuring 122,000 square miles, but, as elsewhere remarked, owing to the devastatations^{[sic – meaning devastations]} of the Mohammedan rebellion and ensuing plague, its population has been greatly reduced, and now is not more than 6,000,000. Yet its mineral wealth is greater and more varied than that of any other province. Its capital is Yunnan, between which town and Burma a considerable trade is carried on.

Usage notes

• Burma is a traditional name of Myanmar, and was the official name in English until 1989. It is still used to express disapproval of the military government, which changed the name of the nation. See Names of Myanmar on Wikipedia.

Derived terms

• Burma Road
• Burmese

Translations

Southeast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar

• Arabic: بُورْمَا f (burmā)

  Gulf Arabic: بورما (borma)

• Armenian: Բիրմա (hy) (Birma)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܘܼܪܡܵܐ (Burma)
• Azerbaijani: Birma
• Belarusian: Бі́рма f (Bírma)
• Bengali: বার্মা (bn) (barma), ব্রহ্মদেশ (bn) (brohmodeś)
• Bulgarian: Би́рма f (Bírma)
• Burmese: ဗမာ (my) (ba.ma), မြန်မာ (my) (mranma)
• Catalan: Birmània (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 緬甸／缅甸 (min⁵ din⁶)

  Hokkien: 緬甸／缅甸 (Bián-tiān)

  Mandarin: 緬甸／缅甸 (zh) (Miǎndiàn)

• Czech: Barma (cs) f
• Danish: Burma, Myanmar
• Dhivehi: ބަރުމާ (barumā)
• Dutch: Birma (nl) n
• Esperanto: Birmo (eo)
• Estonian: Birma (et)
• Finnish: Burma (fi)
• French: Birmanie (fr)
• Galician: Birmania (gl)
• Georgian: ბირმა (birma)
• German: Birma (de) n
• Greek: Βιρμανία (el) f (Virmanía)
• Gujarati: બરમા m (barmā)
• Hebrew: בורמה f (burma)
• Hindi: बरमा (hi) (barmā), ब्रह्मदेश m (brahmadeś), म्यानमार (hi) m (myānmār), म्यान्मार (hi) m (myānmār), म्यान्मा m (myānmā), बर्मा m (barmā)
• Hungarian: Burma (hu)
• Icelandic: Búrma f
• Ido: Burma (io)
• Indonesian: Birma
• Interlingua: Birmania
• Irish: Burma m
• Italian: Birmania (it)
• Japanese: ビルマ (ja) (Biruma)
• Jingpho: please add this translation if you can
• Kalenjin: Bama
• Kashmiri: बर्मा (barmā)
• Khmer: ភូមា (km) (pʰuumie)
• Kikuyu: Bama
• Korean: 미얀마 (ko) (Miyanma), 버마 (ko) (Beoma)
• Lao: ພະມ້າ (pha mā)
• Latvian: Birma f
• Lithuanian: Birma (lt) f
• Lü: ᦙᦱᧃᧈ (maan¹)
• Luhya: Bama
• Luo: Bama
• Macedonian: Бу́рма f (Búrma)
• Maltese: Burma
• Maori: Pēma
• Meru: Bama
• Mon: please add this translation if you can
• Mongolian: Бирм (Birm)
• Nepali: बर्मा (barmā)
• Norwegian: Burma
• Persian: برمه (fa) (berme)
• Polish: Birma (pl) f
• Portuguese: Birmânia (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਬਰਮਾ m (barmā)
• Rohingya: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: Birmania (ro)
• Russian: Би́рма (ru) f (Bírma), Мья́нма (ru) f (Mʹjánma)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Мијанмар m, Бу̑рма f

  Roman: Mijanmar m, Bȗrma (sh) f

• Shan: မၢၼ်ႈ (shn) (māan)
• Sinhalese: බුරුමය (si) (burumaya), මියන්‍මාරය (miyanmāraya)
• Spanish: Birmania (es) f
• Swahili: Bama (sw), Myama
• Swedish: Burma (sv)
• Tagalog: Birmanya, Burma
• Tamil: பர்மா (ta) (parmā), காழகம் (ta) (kāḻakam), கடாரம் (ta) (kaṭāram), பிரம்மதேசம் (pirammatēcam)
• Thai: พม่า (th) (pá-mâa)
• Tibetan: བྷར་མ (bhar ma)
• Turkish: Birmanya (tr), Burma (tr)
• Turkmen: Birma
• Ukrainian: Бі́рма f (Bírma)
• Urdu: برما m (barmā)
• Uyghur: بىرما (birma)
• Uzbek: Birma (uz)
• Vietnamese: Myanma, Miến Điện (vi)
• Western Panjabi: برما m (brmā), برہمدیش m (brhmdeś)
• Zhuang: Menjden

See also

• Countries of the world
• (countries of Asia) country of Asia; Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, East Timor, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

Anagrams

• rumba, umbra

Farefare

Proper noun

Burma

1. Bourma (a village in the Zabré department, Boulgou, Burkina Faso)

Finnish

Etymology

From Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈburmɑ/, [ˈburmɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -urmɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Bur‧ma

Proper noun

Burma

1. Burma (a country in Southeast Asia)

Declension

Inflection of Burma (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		Burma	—
genitive		Burman	—
partitive		Burmaa	—
illative		Burmaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Burma	—
accusative	nom.	Burma	—
	gen.	Burman
genitive		Burman	—
partitive		Burmaa	—
inessive		Burmassa	—
elative		Burmasta	—
illative		Burmaan	—
adessive		Burmalla	—
ablative		Burmalta	—
allative		Burmalle	—
essive		Burmana	—
translative		Burmaksi	—
abessive		Burmatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Burma (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Burmani — accusative nom. Burmani — gen. Burmani genitive Burmani — partitive Burmaani — inessive Burmassani — elative Burmastani — illative Burmaani — adessive Burmallani — ablative Burmaltani — allative Burmalleni — essive Burmanani — translative Burmakseni — abessive Burmattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Burmasi — accusative nom. Burmasi — gen. Burmasi genitive Burmasi — partitive Burmaasi — inessive Burmassasi — elative Burmastasi — illative Burmaasi — adessive Burmallasi — ablative Burmaltasi — allative Burmallesi — essive Burmanasi — translative Burmaksesi — abessive Burmattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Burmamme — accusative nom. Burmamme — gen. Burmamme genitive Burmamme — partitive Burmaamme — inessive Burmassamme — elative Burmastamme — illative Burmaamme — adessive Burmallamme — ablative Burmaltamme — allative Burmallemme — essive Burmanamme — translative Burmaksemme — abessive Burmattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Burmanne — accusative nom. Burmanne — gen. Burmanne genitive Burmanne — partitive Burmaanne — inessive Burmassanne — elative Burmastanne — illative Burmaanne — adessive Burmallanne — ablative Burmaltanne — allative Burmallenne — essive Burmananne — translative Burmaksenne — abessive Burmattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Burmansa — accusative nom. Burmansa — gen. Burmansa genitive Burmansa — partitive Burmaansa — inessive Burmassaan Burmassansa — elative Burmastaan Burmastansa — illative Burmaansa — adessive Burmallaan Burmallansa — ablative Burmaltaan Burmaltansa — allative Burmalleen Burmallensa — essive Burmanaan Burmanansa — translative Burmakseen Burmaksensa — abessive Burmattaan Burmattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• burmalainen

 

compounds

• burmanjänis
• burmankaneli
• burmankissa
• burmanlyhythäntäpäästäinen

 

Anagrams

• rumba, umbra

Irish

Etymology

From Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma).

Proper noun

Burma m (genitive Bhurma)

1. Burma (a country in Southeast Asia)

   Synonym: Maenmar

Declension

Declension of Burma

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Burma Vocative a Bhurma Genitive Burma Dative Burma

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an Burma Genitive an Bhurma Dative leis an mBurma don Bhurma

Derived terms

• Burmach (“Burman, Burmese”, adjective)
• Burmach m (“Burman, Burmese”)
• Burmais f (“the Burmese language”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Burma	Bhurma	mBurma
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “Burma”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Burma”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma).

Proper noun

Burma

1. Burma (a country in Southeast Asia)

   Synonym: Myanmar (official, but rarely used)

Related terms

• burmeser, myanmarer
• burmesisk, myanmarsk

 

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma).

Proper noun

Burma

1. Burma (a country in Southeast Asia)

   Synonym: Myanmar (official, but rarely used)

Related terms

• burmesar, myanmarar
• burmesisk, myanmarsk

 

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bûːrma/
• Hyphenation: Bur‧ma

Proper noun

Bȗrma f (Cyrillic spelling Бу̑рма)

1. Burma (a country in Southeast Asia)

Declension

Declension of Burma

	singular
nominative	Burma
genitive	Burme
dative	Burmi
accusative	Burmu
vocative	Burmo
locative	Burmi
instrumental	Burmom

Swedish

Etymology

From Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma).

Proper noun

Burma n (genitive Burmas)

1. Burma (a country in Southeast Asia)

   Synonym: Myanmar

Related terms

• burma
• burman
• burmansk
• burmanska
• burmes
• burmesisk
• burmesiska

Further reading

• Burma in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
• Svensk MeSH

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Burma (“Burma”). Ultimately from Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma /⁠bəmà⁠/), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma /⁠mjàɴmà⁠/).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbuɾma/ [ˈbuɾ.mɐ]
• Rhymes: -uɾma
• Syllabification: Bur‧ma

Proper noun

Burma (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜇ᜔ᜋ)

1. Burma (a country in Southeast Asia)

   Synonym: Birmanya

   • 2007, Gabriel F. Mallillin, Edgar C. Samar, sambotani IV:

     Si Aung San Suu Kyi ay ang Nobel Peace Laureate na galing sa bansang Burma na kasalukuyang isinailalim sa house arrest. Siya ang nakibakang maibalik ang demokrasya sa kanyang bansa.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Anagrams

• rumba