chuuhtetnaing/english-myanmar-dictionary-dataset-EngMyanDictionary

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English-Myanmar Dictionary Dataset

An English-Myanmar (Burmese) dictionary dataset containing 21,984 word entries with definitions, synonyms, and images.

Source

This dataset is derived from the EngMyanDictionary Android application by Soe Minn Minn. The original dictionary database (dictionary.db) was extracted and converted to the Hugging Face Dataset format.

Dataset Description

Original Columns

Column	Description
word	The English word
stripword	Normalized version of the word (lowercase, stripped)
title	Display title for the word entry
definition	HTML-formatted definition containing Myanmar translations and usage examples
keywords	Related keywords for search
synonym	Synonyms of the word
picture	Associated image (if available)

New Columns (Added in this dataset)

Column	Description
raw_definition	Plain text version of the definition with HTML tags removed. Suitable for NLP tasks and machine learning training.
image_definition	The HTML definition rendered as an image for easier human readability.

How New Columns Were Created

raw_definition

The raw_definition column was created by:

1. Converting HTML <br> tags to newlines
2. Stripping all HTML tags while preserving text content
3. Maintaining structure with proper line breaks for paragraphs, list items, etc.
4. Preserving Myanmar numbering (၁။, ၂။, etc.) and special characters (❏ for idioms)

Example transformation:

<!-- Original HTML -->
<p><b>A</b><sup>1</sup> / ei / <i>n</i></p><p><b>၁။</b> ပထမအင်္ဂလိပ်အက္ခရာ။<br><b>၂။</b> (music) သံစဉ်...</p>

# Converted raw_definition
A1 / ei / n
၁။ ပထမအင်္ဂလိပ်အက္ခရာ။
၂။ (music) သံစဉ်...

image_definition

The image_definition column was created by:

1. Rendering the HTML definition using a headless browser (Playwright)
2. Applying proper styling with Myanmar font support (Noto Sans Myanmar)
3. Auto-cropping to content height
4. Saving as PNG images

⚠️ Disclaimer

• raw_definition: The text extraction process may not be 100% accurate. Some formatting nuances from the original HTML may be lost or incorrectly converted. Please verify critical data before use in production systems.

• image_definition: This column is primarily intended for visualization purposes to make definitions easier to read by humans. It is not recommended for machine learning training. The rendered images may have minor styling inconsistencies.

Usage

from datasets import load_dataset

# Load the dataset
dataset = load_dataset("chuuhtetnaing/english-myanmar-dictionary-dataset-EngMyanDictionary")

# Access the data
print(dataset["train"][0])

# Example: Get word and raw definition
for item in dataset["train"]:
    print(f"Word: {item['word']}")
    print(f"Definition: {item['raw_definition'][:200]}...")
    print("---")

Viewing Images

# View the picture (if available)
if dataset["train"][0]["picture"]:
    dataset["train"][0]["picture"].show()

# View the rendered definition image
if dataset["train"][0]["image_definition"]:
    dataset["train"][0]["image_definition"].show()

Dataset Statistics

• Total entries: 21,984
• Language pair: English → Myanmar (Burmese)
• Format: Hugging Face Dataset

License

This dataset is released under the GPL-2.0 License, following the original EngMyanDictionary project license.

Citation

If you use this dataset, please consider citing the original source

Acknowledgments

• Original dictionary data and Android application by Soe Minn Minn