Ma-la-chi

Vietnamese

Etymology

Borrowed from French Malachie. The <ch> represents a hard [k] in French, meaning this is a partial orthographic borrowing from French.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [maː˧˧ laː˧˧ t͡ɕi˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [maː˧˧ laː˧˧ t͡ɕɪj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [maː˧˧ laː˧˧ cɪj˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: ma la chi

Proper noun

Ma-la-chi

1. (biblical, Protestantism) Alternative form of Ma-la-khi (“Malachi”)