bồ đề tâm

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• bồ-đề tâm

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 菩提心, composed of 菩提 and 心, from Chinese 菩提心 (pútíxīn), from Sanskrit बोधिचित्त (bodhicitta).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓo˨˩ ʔɗe˨˩ təm˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓow˦˩ ʔɗej˦˩ təm˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓow˨˩ ʔɗej˨˩ təm˧˧]

Noun

bồ đề tâm

1. (Buddhism) bodhicitta

Usage notes

As a regular Sino-Vietnamese word, the unhyphenated spelling is expected as hyphenated spellings are outdated for all native and Sino-Vietnamese words. The hyphenated spelling is also used rather inconsistently even in Buddhist sources.