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kyat

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /kiːˈɑːt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /kiˈ(j)ɑt/
  • General-American: /ˈkjɑt/
  • General-American: /ˈt͡ʃɑt/
  • rhymes with -ɑːt

1

noun

Meaning 1

The official currency of Myanmar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the basic unit of money in Myanmar

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Myanmar monetary unit

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese ကျပ် (kyap).

Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: كْيَات (kyāt) — unit of currency
  • Belarusian: к'ят (kʺjat) — unit of currency
  • Bengali: ক্যাট (kêṭ) — unit of currency
  • Bengali: ক্যত (kêt) — unit of currency
  • Bengali: কিয়াট (kiẏaṭ) — unit of currency
  • Burmese: ကျပ် (kyap) — unit of currency
  • Chinese Mandarin: 緬元 /缅元 (Miǎn yuán) — unit of currency
  • Dutch: kyat — unit of currency
  • Esperanto: kjato — unit of currency
  • Estonian: kjatt — unit of currency
  • Finnish: kyat — unit of currency
  • French: kyat — unit of currency
  • German: Kyat — unit of currency
  • Hindi: क्याट (kyāṭ) — unit of currency
  • Hungarian: kjap — unit of currency
  • Italian: kyat — unit of currency
  • Japanese: チャット (chatto) — unit of currency
  • Jingpho: kyap — unit of currency
  • Khmer: ខ្យាត (khyaat) — unit of currency
  • Komi-Zyrian: кьят (kjat) — unit of currency
  • Korean: 짯 (jjat) — unit of currency
  • Lao: ຈ໊າດ (chāt) — unit of currency
  • Lao: ແຖບ (thǣp) — unit of currency
  • Lithuanian: kijatas — unit of currency
  • Bishnupriya Manipuri: কিয়াট — unit of currency
  • Marathi: क्यात (kyāt) — unit of currency
  • Mingrelian: კიატი (ḳiaṭi) — unit of currency
  • Persian: کیات (kiyât) — unit of currency
  • Polish: kiat — unit of currency
  • Portuguese: kyat — unit of currency
  • Portuguese: quiate — unit of currency
  • Russian: кьят (kʹjat) — unit of currency
  • Russian: ча (ča) — unit of currency
  • Russian: джа (dža) — unit of currency
  • Serbo-Croatian: кјат — unit of currency
  • Serbo-Croatian: kjat — unit of currency
  • Shan: ၵျၢပ်ႈ (kjāap) — unit of currency
  • Spanish: kyat — unit of currency
  • Tajik: кяти (kyat-i) — unit of currency
  • Thai: จ๊าด (jáat) — unit of currency
  • Ukrainian: к'ят (kʺjat) — unit of currency
  • Uzbek: kyat — unit of currency
  • Vietnamese: chạt — unit of currency
  • Yakut: кьят (kʹat) — unit of currency