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Vietnamese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Sino-Vietnamese word from 菩薩, from Chinese 菩薩／菩萨 (púsà, “bodhisattva”). While there are many bodhisattvas, the Bodhisattva remains Quan Âm (“Avalokiteshvara; Guanyin”). Compare Phật (“a buddha; the Buddha”) and Chúa (“a lord; the Lord”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓo˨˩ taːt̚˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓow˦˩ taːk̚˦˧˥]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓow˨˩ taːk̚˦˥]
- Homophone: bồ tát
Noun
[edit]- Alternative letter-case form of bồ tát (“a bodhisattva”)
Proper noun
[edit]- Synonym of Quan Âm (“Avalokiteshvara; Guanyin”)
- hiền như Bồ Tát
- as merciful as the Bodhisattva