bát-nhã-ba-la-mật

Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from 般若波羅蜜, from Chinese 般若波羅蜜般若波罗蜜, from Sanskrit प्रज्ञापारमिता (prajñāpāramitā).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːt̚˧˦ ɲaː˦ˀ˥ ʔɓaː˧˧ laː˧˧ mət̚˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːk̚˦˧˥ ɲaː˧˨ ʔɓaː˧˧ laː˧˧ mək̚˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːk̚˦˥ ɲaː˨˩˦ ʔɓaː˧˧ laː˧˧ mək̚˨˩˨]

Noun edit

bát-nhã-ba-la-mật

  1. (Buddhism) Clipping of bát-nhã-ba-la-mật-đa.