Than Đá
See also: than đá
Vietnamese
Etymology
than (“coal”) + đá (“rock”), calque of Chinese 石炭 (thạch thán, “coal”), from Chinese 石炭紀/石炭纪 (Thạch Thán kỉ).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰaːn˧˧ ʔɗaː˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰaːŋ˧˧ ʔɗaː˨˩˦]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰaːŋ˧˧ ʔɗaː˦˥]
- Homophone: than đá
Proper noun
- (geology, dated) Synonym of Các-bon (“Carboniferous”)