dành

Vietnamese edit

Pronunciation edit

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zajŋ̟˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [jɛɲ˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [jan˨˩]

Etymology 1 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “The Nôm characters with 亭 and 丁 as phonetic point to earler medial *-d-.”)

Verb edit

dành • (停, 仃, 𪩧, 𤔷, 𪺓, 𧶄, 󰕣, 𠯼, 𠱷, 𠴔, 爭)

to save up; to reserve (for)
dành thời gian ― to spend time (on)

Derived terms edit

dành dụm (to save for later)
để dành (to set aside)

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

dành • (𦱊)

See dành dành.