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Bamar

Bamar noun: a member of the majority ethnic group of Burma (Myanmar).

Noun

Bamar (plural Bamars or Bamar)

  1. A member of the majority ethnic group of Burma (Myanmar).
    Synonyms:
    Burman

Bamar meaning in Bengali and Myanmar

Bamar in Bengali

a Bamar
বর্মী bormi

Bamar in Myanmar

Translations
ဗမာလူမျိုး ba.malu-myui:, ဗမာ ba.ma

Synonyms of Bamar

Forms of Bamar

pluralBamars
pluralBamar

Origin of Bamar

From Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma). Doublet of Burma.

Questions about Bamar

What does Bamar mean?
Bamar means a member of the majority ethnic group of Burma (Myanmar).
What is Bamar in Bengali?
Bamar in Bengali is বর্মী (bormi). See Bamar meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is Bamar?
Bamar is a noun.
What is the plural of Bamar?
The plural of Bamar is Bamars.

Words near Bamar in the dictionary

  1. Bamacas
  2. Bamako
  3. Bamalip
  4. bamaluzole
  5. Bamangwato
  6. Bamar
  7. Bamars
  8. bamas
  9. Bamawm
  10. Bamawm Extension
  11. Bamba

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Bamar (page history and authors); বর্মী (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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