See also: nhác, nhắc, and nhấc

Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Sino-Vietnamese word from (music).

Noun

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nhạc

  1. music (as a hobby or object of enjoyment)
    Near-synonym: âm nhạc (as a concept)
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Etymology 2

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Attested as Northern Middle Vietnamese mlạc in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651), a dictionary based chiefly on the Northern dialects. Related to the second element in lục lạc.

Likely ultimately from Old Chinese (OC *lˤak) (B-S).

The initial shift ([ml- > *mɲ- > ɲ-]) indicates that this is originally a Northern form.

Noun

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(classifier cái) nhạc

  1. a bell worn on the neck of a domestic animal
    nhạc ngựahorse bell

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