phương ngôn

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 方言 (“dialect”). The "regional aphorism" sense is perhaps by analogy with châm ngôn or cách ngôn.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [fɨəŋ˧˧ ŋon˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [fɨəŋ˧˧ ŋoŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [fɨəŋ˧˧ ŋoŋ˧˧]

Noun

phương ngôn

1. (rare) Synonym of phương ngữ (“a dialect”)
2. a regional aphorism, saying or proverb