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| '''Understanding customs used in surnames and given names can help you identify your ancestors in records. Learn to recognize name variations and see clues in names.''' | | '''Understanding customs used in surnames and given names can help you identify your ancestors in records. Learn to recognize name variations and see clues in names.''' |
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| Bamar names commonly include Pali-derived words combined with native Burmese words, including:<br> | | Bamar names commonly include Pali-derived words combined with native Burmese words, including:<br> |
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| {{Block indent|thura (သူရ "brave, gallant" from sūra)|2}}
| | ::thura (သူရ "brave, gallant" from sūra) |
| {{Block indent|thiha (သီဟ "lion", from sīha)|2}}
| | ::thiha (သီဟ "lion", from sīha) |
| {{Block indent|zeya (ဇေယျာ "victory", from jāya)|2}}
| | ::zeya (ဇေယျာ "victory", from jāya) |
| {{Block indent|wunna (ဝဏ္ဏ "gold", from vaṇṇa)|2}}
| | ::wunna (ဝဏ္ဏ "gold", from vaṇṇa) |
| {{Block indent|kaung (ကောင်း "best", from kaung)|2}}
| | ::kaung (ကောင်း "best", from kaung) |
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| {{Block indent|sanda (စန္ဒာ "moon", from canda)|2}}
| | ::sanda (စန္ဒာ "moon", from canda) |
| {{Block indent|thanda (သန္တာ "coral", from santa)|2}}
| | ::thanda (သန္တာ "coral", from santa) |
| {{Block indent|thiri (သီရိ "splendour", from siri)|2}}
| | ::thiri (သီရိ "splendour", from siri) |
| {{Block indent|hayma (ဟေမာ, "forest", compare Himalayas)<ref>"Burmese name", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burmese_name, accessed 11 March 2021.</ref>|2}}
| | ::hayma (ဟေမာ, "forest", compare Himalayas)<ref>"Burmese name", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burmese_name, accessed 11 March 2021.</ref> |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
| <references/> | | <references/> |
| [[Category:Myanmar]][[Category:Naming Customs]] | | [[Category:Myanmar]][[Category:Naming Customs]] |