This dictionary is intended for "home-use". It is the work of a non-professional – concerning both programming and linguistics. Please contact me if you find any errors or bugs!

Instructions

Fill in the search term – words or word-fragments – , choose the search direction and press return or click the "search‟-button. If you submit more than one word, you will receive as well results for every individual word. In the list of the results you will be able to click on words to launch a new search. Please don't be confused when the Burmese words are not readable in the input field. You will see the correct Burmese letters in the search results.

Words

The available vocabulary is neither big nor of scientific accuracy. Please understand that the translations offered with a word present only a small scope of all possible meanings. Since we combined both directions (Burmese-English and English-Burmese) in one dictionary, you will find both precise translations and paraphrases where the languages don't provide sufficient congruence. Unlike many printed dictionaries, we often preferred the spoken variant to the formal. We'll try to extend and update the database from time to time.

Options

"Only exact match" finds only whole words, no parts.

Extending your search on words with "similar Burmese consonants" is useful if you don't know the exact spelling in Burmese.

Searching with "similar English pronunciation" will try to match English terms also by the way they could be pronounced. This feature is provided by a so-called "soundex" function which sometimes is not very precise. This option can be helpful if you're not sure about how to spell the English word. Attention: For technical reasons, "Similar English pronunciation" will deactivate "Only exact match".

new: click on after the search results to be taken to the English pronunciation with many audible examples. This part is provided by Merriam-Webster.

Burmese keyboard

Use the virtual keyboard to write and transform the Burmese script to Latin letters. The layouts for the two available keyboards (Wwin_Burmese1 and Myanmar1) are different. While you type, the Burmese letters will appear in the top left edge.

To use the keyboard, "Javascript" must be activated in your browser.

The Burmese font

To see the Burmese characters, the font Wwin_Burmese1 (or Myanmar1) must be installed on your computer. It can be downloaded here:
Wwin_Burmese1:
PC/Mac
Myanmar1: (please note that Myanmar1 doesn't cover all characters. The newer version of Myanmar1 which is available at other locations is not supported.)
PC / Mac.
After installation, you might have to restart your browser. You can check the installation of the font by starting a word editor, choosing the font Wwin_Burmese1 (or Mynamar1) (which should be available now) and typing some text.

Sources

Among others we used as reference: