Vietnamese

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Etymology 1

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Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Noun

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đồn ()

  1. military post (bigger than a bốt)
  2. (police, frontier) station
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Etymology 2

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From a late form of Old Chinese (OC *m-tron) (B-S) (SV: truyền), yet still before Eastern Han Chinese *d̥uan (Schuessler 2007 & 2009). Doublet of truyền, truyện, chuyền, and chuyện.

Verb

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đồn (𧦖)

  1. to spread a rumour
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