tăng già

Vietnamese edit

Alternative forms edit

tăng-già

Etymology edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from 僧伽, from Literary Chinese 僧伽, transcribed from Sanskrit संघ (saṃgha).

Pronunciation edit

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [taŋ˧˧ zaː˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [taŋ˧˧ jaː˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [taŋ˧˧ jaː˨˩]

Noun edit

tăng già

(Buddhism) a sangha (community of all followers of the Buddha)
Synonym: tăng đoàn

Giáo hội Tăng già Nguyên thủy Việt Nam
the Primordial Sangha of Vietnam

Usage notes edit

tăng già seems to emphasize the "community" sense of sangha (similarly to English Christendom), while giáo hội emphasizes the "denomination" sense.