đèn
Vietnamese
editEtymology
editNon-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 燈 (“lamp”, SV: đăng). Cognate with Arem tiən. This was borrowed from a Sinitic variety with alveolar/dental nasal coda.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit(classifier ngọn, cây) đèn • (畑)
- a light; a lamp, an oil lamp, a light bulb, an incandescent light, a fluorescent light, a flashlight, etc.
- đèn dầu ― an oil lamp
- đèn huỳnh quang ― an fluorescent light
- A-la-đanh và cây đèn thần ― Aladdin and the Magic Lamp
- thần đèn ― the Genie of the Lamp
See also
editDerived terms