緬甸

See also: 缅甸

Chinese
Burma; distant imperial domain; suburb
trad. (緬甸) 緬 甸
simp. (缅甸) 缅 甸

Etymology

A traditional view on the meaning of 緬／缅 (miǎn) is "far, remote" in Chinese, but a more convincing suggestion is that the syllable 緬／缅 (miǎn) is contracted from Burmese မြန်မာ (mranma, “Myanmar”). The last syllable 甸 (diàn) is possibly from Burmese တိုင်း (tuing:, “country, province”).[1]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

緬甸

  1. Myanmar (a country in Southeast Asia)
    緬甸盛產翡翠。／缅甸盛产翡翠。  ―  Miǎndiàn shèngchǎn fěicuì.  ―  Jadeite is abundant in Myanmar.

Derived terms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (緬甸):

Others:

  • → Manchu: ᠮᡳᠶᠠᠨ
    ᡩᡳᠶᠠᠨ     (miyan diyan)
  • → Zhuang: Menjden

References
  1. Takao Itō: On Mien-tien (緬甸), One of the Chinese Appellations for Burma, 南方史研究, 1960, 2 号, p. 179-193, DOI: 10.11530/sea1959.1960.179

Japanese
Kanji in this term
緬 甸
めん
Hyōgaiji		 でん
Hyōgaiji
goon

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Chinese 緬甸／缅甸 (Miǎndiàn), some time after this term came to prominence in Chinese during the Ming Dynasty. Compare modern Mandarin reading Miǎndiàn, Cantonese min5 din6.[1]

First mentioned in a text from 1798.[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [mẽ̞ndẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

緬(めん)甸(でん) • (Menden) 

  1. (historical, possibly obsolete) Myanmar (a country in Southeast Asia)
Synonyms

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
緬 甸
びるま
Hyōgaiji Hyōgaiji
jukujikun

Ultimately from Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma). The kanji spelling is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓), from the borrowed Chinese term Menden above.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ビ​ルマ [bíꜜrùmà] (Atamadaka – [1])[3]
  • IPA(key): [bʲiɾɯ̟ᵝma̠]

Proper noun

緬甸(ビルマ) • (Biruma) 

  1. Dated spelling of ビルマ (Biruma).: Burma (a country in Southeast Asia)
Synonyms

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Proper noun

緬甸 • (Myeonjeon) (hangeul 면전)

  1. Hanja form? of 면전 (“Myanmar”).

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
緬甸

Proper noun

緬甸

  1. chữ Hán form of Miến Điện (“Myanmar”).
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