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giấy

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See also: giày, giây, giầy, giãy, and giẫy

Vietnamese

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Alternative forms

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  • (North Central Vietnam) chấy

Etymology

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From Proto-Vietic *k-cajʔ, from a descendant of reconstructed Old Chinese (OC *k.teʔ) when the dental stop already palatalized. Attested as gếy in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651). Cognate with Arem kacajˀ ("book"), Muong chẩy (paper);

    non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (paper, SV: chỉ).

    The same sound change also yields Vietnamese giống, from Proto-Vietic *k-coːŋʔ, from a descendant of ultimately Old Chinese (OC *k.toŋʔ).

    For another word with similar phonological development, see giặc, from  / . Also compare Lakkia kʰjei²⁴ ("paper") and kjak²⁴ ("thief"), borrowed from the same sources.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    giấy

    (classifier tờ) giấy (𫷏, , , , 𥿗)

    1. paper (material for writing on)
    2. tissue (for cleaning)

    Derived terms

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