dày

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Vietnamese

Alternative forms

  • (Northern Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) dầy (vowel raised)
  • (North Central Vietnam) đày (no lenition)

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *k-daj. Cognate with Muong Bi tày.

Attested in Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經; c. 12th cent.) as ⿰苔巨, composed of (MC gjoX) + (MC doj) (modern SV: cự đài).

Pronunciation

Adjective

dày (, 𠫅, 𠫆, 𪠗)

  1. thick, deep, dense

Derived terms

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