Ô-va-đi-a

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• Áp-đia (Protestantism)

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew עובדיה (ovadyá).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔo˧˧ vaː˧˧ ʔɗi˧˧ ʔaː˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔow˧˧ vaː˧˧ ʔɗɪj˧˧ ʔaː˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔow˧˧ vaː˧˧ ʔɗɪj˧˧ ʔaː˧˧] ~ [ʔow˧˧ jaː˧˧ ʔɗɪj˧˧ ʔaː˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: ô va đi a

Proper noun

Ô-va-đi-a

1. (biblical, Catholicism) Obadiah; Abdias