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Burma + -ese
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Adjective
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Burmese (not comparable )
Of or relating to Burma (Myanmar ) or its people or language. Synonyms
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of or relating to Burma
Albanian: birmanez
Arabic: بُورْمِيّ ( būrmiyy )
Armenian: բիրմանական (hy) ( birmanakan )
Assamese: মান ( man ) , মানতৰা ( mantora )
Azerbaijani: birma , birman
Belarusian: бiрма́нскi ( birmánski )
Bengali: বর্মী (bn) ( bormi )
Bulgarian: бирма́нски ( birmánski )
Burmese: မြန်မာ့ (my) ( mranma. ) , ဗမာ့ ( ba.ma. ) , မြန်မာ (my) ( mranma ) , ဗမာ (my) ( ba.ma )
Catalan: birmà (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 緬甸的 / 缅甸的 (zh) ( Miǎndiàn de )
Czech: barmský (cs) m
Danish: burmesisk (da)
Dutch: Birmaans (nl) , Birmees (nl)
Finnish: burmalainen (fi)
French: birman (fr) m , birmane (fr) f
Galician: birmano (gl) m , birmana f
Georgian: ბირმული ( birmuli )
German: myanmarisch (de) , birmanisch (de) , burmesisch (de)
Greek: βιρμανικός (el) ( virmanikós )
Hindi: बर्मी ( barmī )
Hungarian: burmai (hu) , mianmari
Icelandic: búrmískur
Irish: Burmach , as Maenmar , ó Mhaenmar
Italian: birmano (it) m
Japanese: ビルマの (ja) ( Biruma no ) , ミャンマーの (ja) ( Myanmā no )
Jingpho: please add this translation if you can
Kazakh: бирма ( birma ) , мьянма ( mänma )
Khmer: ភូមា (km) ( phuumiə )
Korean: 버마의 (ko) ( beomaui ) , 미얀마의 (ko) ( miyanmaui )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: burmayî (ku)
Kyrgyz: бирма ( birma ) , мьянма ( myanma )
Lao: ພະມ້າ ( pha mā )
Latvian: birmiešu
Macedonian: бурмански ( burmanski )
Malay: Burma
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: бирм ( birm ) , мьянмар ( mʹjanmar )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: burmesisk , myanmarsk
Nynorsk: burmesisk (nn) , myanmarsk
Pa'o Karen: ငေါဝ်း
Persian: برمهای ( berme'âyi )
Polish: mjanmański (pl) m , birmański (pl) m
Portuguese: birmanês (pt) m , birmã m , birmane m
Rakhine: ပြူ
Romanian: birman (ro)
Russian: бирма́нский (ru) ( birmánskij )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: бу̀рманскӣ
Roman: bùrmanskī (sh)
Shan: မၢၼ်ႈ (shn) ( māan )
Slovak: barmský (sk)
Slovene: burmanski
Spanish: birmano (es)
Swedish: burmesisk (sv)
Sylheti: ꠝꠣꠘ ( man )
Tagalog: Burmes
Tajik: бирмагӣ ( birmagī )
Tavoyan: ဂံ
Thai: พม่า (th) ( pá-mâa )
Turkish: Birmanyalı , Birmanya (tr)
Turkmen: birma
Ukrainian: бірма́нський (uk) ( birmánsʹkyj )
Urdu: برمی ( barmī )
Uyghur: بىرما ( birma )
Uzbek: birma (uz)
Vietnamese: Miến Điện (vi)
Zhuang: Menjden
A playful Burmese. Burmese (plural Burmese )
A person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent.
( zoology ) A medium-sized, short-haired domestic cat breed , originating in Thailand .Usage notes
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As with other terms for people formed with -ese , the countable singular noun in reference to a person (as in "I am a Burmese", "writing about Burmese cuisine as a Burmese") is uncommon and often taken as incorrect. In its place, the adjective is used, by itself (as in "I am Burmese") or with a word like person , man , or woman ("writing about Burmese cuisine as a Burmese person").
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a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
Arabic: بُورْمِيّ m ( burmiyy ) , بُورْمِيَّة f ( burmiyya )
Armenian: բիրմացի ( birmacʿi )
Assamese: মান ( man ) , মানতৰা ( mantora )
Belarusian: бірма́нец m ( birmánjec ) , бірма́нка f ( birmánka )
Bengali: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: бирма́нец m ( birmánec ) , бирма́нка f ( birmánka )
Burmese: မြန်မာ (my) ( mranma ) , ဗမာ (my) ( ba.ma ) , မြန်မာ လူမျိုး ( mranmalu-myui: ) , ဗမာ လူမျိုး ( ba.malu-myui: )
Catalan: birmà (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 緬甸人 / 缅甸人 (zh) ( Miǎndiànrén ) , 緬族 / 缅族 ( Miǎnzú )
Czech: Barmánec (cs) m , Barmánka (cs) f
Danish: burmeser c
Dutch: Birmaan (nl) m , Birmees (nl) m , Birmese (nl) f
Finnish: burmalainen (fi)
French: Birman (fr) m , Birmane (fr) f
Galician: birmano (gl) m , birmana f
German: Myanmare (de) m , Birmane m , Myanmarin (de) f , Birmanin f
Greek: Βιρμανός m ( Virmanós ) , Βιρμανή f ( Virmaní )
Hindi: बर्मी ( barmī )
Hungarian: burmai (hu) , mianmari
Icelandic: please add this translation if you can
Irish: duine as Maenmar m , Burmach m
Italian: birmano (it) m
Japanese: ビルマ人 ( birumajin ) , ミャンマー人 ( myanmājin )
Kazakh: бирмалық ( birmalyq )
Khmer: ភូមា (km) ( phuumiə )
Latvian: birmietis m , birmiete f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: burmeser (no) m , myanmarer m
Nynorsk: burmesar (nn) m , myanmarar m
Polish: Mjanmańczyk (pl) m pers , Mjanmanka (pl) f ; Birmańczyk (pl) m pers , Birmanka (pl) f
Portuguese: birmã m or f , birmane m or f
Romanian: birman (ro) m , birmană (ro) f
Russian: бирма́нец (ru) m ( birmánec ) , бирма́нка (ru) f ( birmánka )
Slovak: Barman m , Barmanka f
Spanish: birmano (es)
Tagalog: Burmes
Turkish: Birmanyalı
Ukrainian: бірма́нець (uk) m ( birmánecʹ ) , бірма́нка f ( birmánka )
Proper noun
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Burmese
The Sino-Tibetan official language of the country Burma. Also known as Myanmar (which is the name preferred by the country's current government).
The script in which the Burmese language is written. Translations
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language
Arabic: بُورْمِيّ m ( burmiyy ) , بُورْمِيَّة f ( burmiyya )
Armenian: բիրմաներեն (hy) ( birmaneren )
Assamese: মান ভাষা ( man bhaxa )
Belarusian: бірма́нская мо́ва f ( birmánskaja móva ) , бірма́нская f ( birmánskaja )
Bengali: বর্মী ভাষা (bn) ( bormi bhaśa )
Bulgarian: бирма́нски m ( birmánski ) ( ези́к )
Burmese: (written language) မြန်မာစာ (my) ( mranmaca ) , ဗမာစာ ( ba.maca ) ; (spoken language) မြန်မာစကား (my) ( mranmaca.ka: ) , ဗမာစကား (my) ( ba.maca.ka: ) , ( written and spoken ) မြန်မာဘာသာ ( mranmabhasa )
Catalan: birmà (ca) m
Chinese:
Hokkien: 緬甸語 / 缅甸语 ( bián-tián-gí, bián-tián-gú )
Mandarin: 緬甸語 / 缅甸语 (zh) ( miǎndiànyǔ )
Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao: please add this translation if you can
Czech: barmština (cs) f , myanmarština f
Danish: burmesisk (da)
Dutch: Birmaans (nl) n , Birmees (nl) n
Finnish: burma (fi) , burman kieli
French: birman (fr) m
Galician: birmano (gl)
German: Birmanisch (de) n , Burmesisch (de) n
Greek: βιρμανικά (el) pl ( virmaniká ) , Βιρμανική f ( Virmanikí )
Green Hmong: please add this translation if you can
Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
Hindi: बर्मी f ( barmī )
Hungarian: burmai (hu)
Icelandic: búrmíska (is) f
Indonesian: bahasa Myanmar
Irish: Burmais f
Italian: birmano (it) m
Japanese: ビルマ語 (ja) ( Biruma-go ) , ミャンマー語 ( Myanmā-go )
Kazakh: бирма тілі ( birma tılı )
Khmer: ភាសា ភូមា ( phiəsaa phuumiə )
Korean: 버마어 ( beoma'eo )
Lao: ພາສາພະມ້າ ( phā sā pha mā )
Latvian: birmiešu valoda f
Navajo: Mííanmáa bizaad
Norwegian:
Bokmål: burmesisk m , myanmarsk m
Nynorsk: burmesisk (nn) m , myanmarsk m
Persian: زبان برمهای ( zabân-e berme'âyi ) , برمهای ( berme'âyi )
Polish: ( język ) birmański (pl) m
Portuguese: birmanês (pt) m , birmã m , birmane m
Romanian: birmană (ro) f
Russian: бирма́нский (ru) m ( birmánskij ) ( язы́к )
Slovak: barmčina (sk) f
Slovene: burmanščina f
Spanish: birmano (es)
Swedish: burmesiska (sv) c
Tagalog: Burmes
Thai: ภาษาพม่า (th) ( paa-săa pá-mâa )
Tibetan: འབར་མའི་སྐད ( 'bar ma'i skad )
Turkish: Burmaca
Ukrainian: бірма́нська f ( birmánsʹka ) ( мо́ва )
Uyghur: بىرما تىلى ( birma tili )
Vietnamese: tiếng Myanma , tiếng Miến Điện
White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
Zhuang: please add this translation if you can
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