đàn
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Vietic *daːn.
Alternative forms edit
- (Southern Vietnam) đờn
Noun edit
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
Etymology 2 edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 彈 (“to play (a musical instrument)”).
Alternative forms edit
- (Southern Vietnam) đờn
Noun edit
(classifier cây) đàn
- a number of musical instruments (properly a string instrument, though used for a few non-string instruments)
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
Verb edit
đàn
- to play (a string instrument)
Etymology 3 edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 壇
Noun edit
đàn
- (rare) raised ground or high platform for worship
- đàn tế ― altar
- đàn Nam Giao ― Esplanade of Sacrifice to the Heaven and Earth