"Kayah" meaning in English

See Kayah in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: From Burmese ကယား (ka.ya:). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|my|ကယား}} Burmese ကယား (ka.ya:) Head templates: {{en-prop}} Kayah
  1. Synonym of Karenni (“language”) Synonyms: Karenni [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-Kayah-en-name-TBZYRism Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Languages Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 58 42 Disambiguation of Languages: 73 27

Noun

Forms: Kayahs [plural], Kayah [plural]
Etymology: From Burmese ကယား (ka.ya:). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|my|ကယား}} Burmese ကယား (ka.ya:) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|Kayah}} Kayah (plural Kayahs or Kayah)
  1. A member of any of a number of Karenic ethnolinguistic groups in Myanmar (Burma), primarily in Kayah State Synonyms: Karenni Translations (Translations): ကယားလူမျိုး (ka.ya:lu-myui:) (Burmese), ကယျာ (Mon)
    Sense id: en-Kayah-en-noun-EfMO3lvx Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Burmese translations, Terms with Mon translations, Myanmar, Nationalities Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Burmese translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Mon translations: 39 61 Disambiguation of Myanmar: 0 100 Disambiguation of Nationalities: 41 59

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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