đạm

See also: đầm, đằm, đảm, Đàm, đăm, and Appendix:Variations of "dam"

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 氮 (“nitrogen”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaːm˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaːm˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaːm˨˩˨]

Noun

đạm

1. (dated) nitrogen
2. (dated) protein

Usage notes

đạm ("nitrogen") is only used when referring to fertilizer, as in NPK, also known as đạm-lân-kali ("nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium")

Synonyms

• (nitrogen): nitơ, ni-tơ
• (protein): protein, prô-tê-in