ba-la-mật

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 波羅蜜, from Chinese 波羅蜜／波罗蜜 (bōluómì), from Sanskrit पारमिता (pāramitā).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaː˧˧ laː˧˧ mət̚˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaː˧˧ laː˧˧ mək̚˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaː˧˧ laː˧˧ mək̚˨˩˨]
• Phonetic spelling: ba la mật

Noun

ba-la-mật

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