buồng

See also: buông and bướng

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓuəŋ˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓuəŋ˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓuəŋ˨˩]
• Homophone: buồn (Southern Vietnam)

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Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 房 (“room”, SV: phòng). Doublet of phòng.

Noun

(classifier cái, căn) buồng • (房, 逢, 𢩣)

1. bedroom
2. cabin

Derived terms

• buồng ngủ
• buồng tắm
• buồng tối

Etymology 2

From Proto-Vietic *bɔːŋ, from Proto-Austroasiatic *buːŋʔ (“bunch, cluster”).

Attested as Northern Middle Vietnamese buầng in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

Noun

buồng • (蓬, 逢)

1. (of bananas or areca nuts) bunch

See also

• nải (“hand (of banana)”)
• buồng trứng (“ovary”)