Burma

See also: burma, Búrma, and ɓurma

English

Alternative forms

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

Proper noun

Burma

  1. Myanmar; a country in Southeast Asia, on the west coast of the Indochina Peninsula.

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

Translations

See also
  • Countries of the world

Anagrams

Finnish

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Burma

  1. Burma (Myanmar)

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 —
instructive — —
abessive Burmatta —
comitative — —

Anagrams

Irish

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Burma m (genitive Bhurma)

  1. Burma
    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 by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • Entries containing “Burma” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Burma

  1. Burma
    Synonym: Myanmar (official, but rarely used)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Burma

  1. Burma
    Synonym: Myanmar (official, but rarely used)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

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
    Synonym: Myanmar

Tagalog

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Burma

  1. Burma
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