# Burma
## 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: /ˈbɝmə/
** Audio (US):(file)
* (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA: /ˈbɜːmə/
** Audio (UK):(file)
* (Scotland) IPA: /ˈbʌrmə/
* (New Zealand) IPA: /ˈbøːmə/
* (Liverpool, fair–fur merger) IPA: /ˈbeːmə/
* (Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger) IPA: /ˈbɛːmə/
* Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)mə
* Hyphenation: Bur‧ma

### Proper noun

Burma
* 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, 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 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
* pride of Burma

#### Translations
### See also

* Countries of the world
* 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
* Bourma (a village in the Zabré department, Boulgou, Burkina Faso)

## Finnish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈburmɑ/, [ˈburmɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -urmɑ
* Hyphenation: Bur‧ma

### Proper noun

Burma
* Burma (a country in Southeast Asia)

#### Declension

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
* 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)
* Burma (a country in Southeast Asia)
    Synonym: Maenmar

#### Declension

bare forms
singular
nominative
Burma
vocative
a Bhurma
genitive
Burma
dative
Burma
forms with the definite article
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

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* “Burma”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
* 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
* 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
* 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: /bûːrma/
* Hyphenation: Bur‧ma

### Proper noun

Bȗrma f (Cyrillic spelling Бу̑рма)
* Burma (a country in Southeast Asia)

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Etymology

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

### Proper noun

Burma n (genitive Burmas)
* 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: /ˈbuɾma/ [ˈbuɾ.mɐ]
* Rhymes: -uɾma
* Syllabification: Bur‧ma

### Proper noun

Burma (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜇ᜔ᜋ)
* 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