Etymograph

English

Myanmar

Myanmar comes from Burmese မြန်မာ.

  1. Burmesemodernမြန်မာmranma
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2025Myanmar

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Burmesemodernမြန်မာmranma
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2025Myanmar

Earliest quotation: 2025, Timothy McLaughlin: “The watchdog group Global Witness recently found that Chinese…”

The story

Both Burmese terms are also adjectives meaning "Burmese" (related to Myanmar/Burma, its, people, language, etc). Like the r in the word Burma, the r at the end of Myanmar was not originally pronounced (and is not present in the Burmese term), it is a vowel-lengthening device used by non-rhotic dialects; compare gorm.

Every English word from Burmese မြန်မာ

Today it means

name A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Capital: Naypyidaw.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Burmese မြန်မာ / Myanmar

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