The origin of Myanmar's name is not normal.

The newspaper reported that the relationship between the United States and Myanmar improved, and American officials gave up using Myanmar for many years and began to adopt Myanmar's self-proclaimed Myanmar. What's the difference between these two nouns? What is their etymology? ?

Shanghai Dictionary Publishing House 1983 The Etymological Dictionary of Foreign Geographical Names says "Myanmar" on page 426;

"China was called Shan State in ancient times, Huan State in Tang Dynasty and Bagan in Song Dynasty, also known as Myanmar. Because it is far from China and the road is impassable, it is called Myanmar, which means far away; Because the border area between China and Myanmar is called Yunnan Mountain, it is collectively called Myanmar, that is, the remote valley. The English name Burma, from Brahma in Deleng, may be related to Sanskrit or Sanskrit. Burmese people call themselves Bama and Myamma in Sanskrit, both of which mean powerful. It is said that this is a tribute to their own nation. Some people think that Brahma is the name given to local residents by early immigrants here, and it also means strongman. " ?

? ? ? There are many problems with this explanation and its etymology is not accurate. ?

1, saying "Myanmar" is far from Chinese at first, as if it were given by Han people; In fact, of course, that's a transliteration of Burmese calling themselves Myan, not Chinese. Although the word "Myanmar" has some translation meaning, it is actually not the real etymology. Will Burmese call themselves far away? ?

2. It is said that Burmese comes from German Brahma, and its etymology may be related to Brahman or Sanskrit. "Duleng" is the name of the Burmese for the aborigines. The Mongols speak a South Asian language, and the Mongols call the Burmese Brahma. How can it be related to Indian Brahmins (Sanskrit Brahmins)? It is even more inappropriate to say that bura is taken from Sanskrit. BURA in Sanskrit means "bad, evil", not powerful. ?

The history of Myanmar shows that Burmese originally migrated from the southeast of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. In fact, after the defeat of the Tang Dynasty and Tubo, Bai Lanqiang refused to submit to Tubo, and most of them moved south to Myanmar, defeating the original Mongols, Phyu and Shan people, occupying the north first and gradually developing into the main ethnic group in Myanmar. They are the White Wolf Qiang in Han Dynasty, and the records of Huayang State since Wei and Jin Dynasties have been translated into two branches, namely "white" Brah and "blue" Mran, so Burmese people either call themselves Brah and later changed to Ba, or call themselves Mran and later changed to Myan-ma (Myanmar = Ba-ma).

Horse means powerful, which is equivalent to Sanskrit Maha. According to the newspaper, Myanmar was originally called Mranma in Burmese. For the Mongols, Yi people and Shan people who have been defeated repeatedly in history, Burmese people are naturally powerful. ?

So Brahma is not the "name given to local residents by early immigrants here" in the dictionary, but the name given to early immigrants here by local residents. Zheng Zhang 1993 pointed out that a branch of the White Wolf Qiang recorded in Hanshu was later translated as "Loubo" (Bo people), and "Bobage" was the modern Ba, that is, the original "white" Prague, and both Meng and Sanskrit were recorded as Bula people, not Ba people. ?

As for Burmese, it is a form of misinformation, which is far from the mother tongue and should have been abandoned long ago.