Vietnamese edit

Alternative forms edit

  • (Southern Vietnam, obsolete) ngoạt

Etymology edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

nguyệt

  1. (literary, archaic) Moon
    • 15th century, Nguyễn Trãi, “寶鏡警戒 Bảo kính cảnh giới 43”, in Quốc âm thi tập (國音詩集):
      𢚸(Lòng)(thơ)𠦳(ngàn)(dặm)(nguyệt)(ba)(canh).
      [Feeling that] the poetic inspiration [is now as wide as] a thousand miles, [standing] in the moon[light] in the third canh.
  2. (literary, dated, only in compounds) month

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