Notes

The Myanmar people give names to most of the letters of their alphabet. It is convenient to be able to use these names to refer to letters while you are learning them. Here are the names and their descriptive meanings as explained in Burmese (Myanamar). An Introduction to the Script by John Okell.

က	ka'-j`i	big ka'
ခ	k'a´ gw`e	curved k'a
ဂ	ga' ngeh	little ga'
ဃ	ga' j`i	big ga'
င	nga´	no descriptive name
စ	sa´ lo`un	round sa´
ဆ	s'a´ lein	twisty s'a´
ဇ	za´ gw`eh	split za´
ဈ	za´ my`in zweh	za´ with a line attached below
ည	nya´	no descriptive name
ဋ	ta´ tal`in jeiq	beir-hook ta´
ဌ	t'a´ wun b`eh	duck t'a´
ဍ	da´ yin gauq	da with a rounded chest
ဎ	da´ ye hmouq	water ladle da´
ဏ	na´ j`i	big na´
တ	ta´ w`un bu	pot-bellied ta´
ထ	t'a´ s'in dun	elephant fetter t'a´
ဒ	da´ dw`e	little da´
ဓ	da´ auq c'aiq	da´ with a dent below
န	na´ ngeh	little na´
ပ	pa´ zauq	steep pa´
ဖ	p'a´ capped p'a´	p'a´ with a hat
ဗ	ba´ deq c'aiq	ba´ with a dented top
ဘ	ba´ go`un	humpback ba´
မ	ma´	no descriptive name
ယ	ya´ peq leq	ya´ on its back
ရ	ya´ gauq	curved ya´
လ	la´	no descriptive name
ဝ	wa´	no descriptive name
သ	tha´	no descriptive name
ဟ	ha´	no descriptive name
ဠ	la´ j`i	big la´
အ	a´	no descriptive name