đại đức
Vietnamese
editEtymology
editSino-Vietnamese word from 大德 (“great ethics/morality/virtue”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːj˧˨ʔ ʔɗɨk̚˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːj˨˩ʔ ʔɗɨk̚˦˧˥]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːj˨˩˨ ʔɗɨk̚˦˥]
Adjective
edit- venerable (used, often capitalized, as an honorific before the names of Buddhist monks)