Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

-ăn reduplication of đầy.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

đầy đặn

  1. full-faced; plump; full
    • 1820, Nguyễn Du (阮攸), Đoạn trường tân thanh (Truyện Kiều)[1], published 1866, lines 19–20:
      (Vân)󰏙(xem)(trang)(trọng)(khác)(vời)
      (Khuôn)𦝄(trăng)(đầy)(đặn)󰞺(nét)𧍋(ngài)𦬑(nở)(nang)
      Vân’s beauty was very remarkable.
      Her eyebrows – full crescent arcs, her moonlit face – oval.
  2. (rare) upright