đàn bầu

See also: dan bau

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 彈匏 (SV: đàn bào).

Compound of đàn (“a classifier designating string instruments”) +‎ bầu (“gourd; the instrument formerly had a resonator made from a dried gourd”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaːn˨˩ ʔɓəw˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaːŋ˦˩ ʔɓəw˦˩]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaːŋ˨˩ ʔɓəw˨˩]

Noun

đàn bầu

dan bau
Synonym: độc huyền cầm