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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>


:::::Male:
{{Block indent|Male:|5}}
::thura (သူရ "brave, gallant" from sūra)
{{Block indent|thura (သူရ "brave, gallant" from sūra)|2}}
::thiha (သီဟ "lion", from sīha)
{{Block indent|thiha (သီဟ "lion", from sīha)|2}}
::zeya (ဇေယျာ "victory", from jāya)
{{Block indent|zeya (ဇေယျာ "victory", from jāya)|2}}
::wunna (ဝဏ္ဏ "gold", from vaṇṇa)
{{Block indent|wunna (ဝဏ္ဏ "gold", from vaṇṇa)|2}}
::kaung (ကောင်း "best", from kaung)
{{Block indent|kaung (ကောင်း "best", from kaung)|2}}
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:::::Female:
{{Block indent|Female:|5}}
::sanda (စန္ဒာ "moon", from canda)
{{Block indent|sanda (စန္ဒာ "moon", from canda)|2}}
::thanda (သန္တာ "coral", from santa)
{{Block indent|thanda (သန္တာ "coral", from santa)|2}}
::thiri (သီရိ "splendour", from siri)
{{Block indent|thiri (သီရိ "splendour", from siri)|2}}
::hayma (ဟေမာ, "forest", compare Himalayas)<ref>"Burmese name", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burmese_name, accessed 11 March 2021.</ref>
{{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}}


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Myanmar]][[Category:Naming Customs]]
[[Category:Myanmar]][[Category:Naming Customs]]
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