Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French Ésaïe.

Pronunciation

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  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔe˧˧ saːj˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔej˧˧ ʂaːj˧˧] ~ [ʔej˧˧ saːj˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔej˧˧ ʂaːj˧˧] ~ [ʔej˧˧ saːj˧˧]
  • Phonetic spelling: ê sai

Proper noun

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Ê-sai

  1. (biblical, Protestantism) Alternative form of I-sai-a (Isaiah)