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sắt

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Middle Vietnamese

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Etymology

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From Proto-Vietic *k-rac.

Noun

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sắt

  1. iron

Descendants

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  • Vietnamese: sắt

References

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Vietnamese

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Chemical element
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 sắt on Vietnamese Wikipedia

Etymology

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From Proto-Vietic *k-rac, from some form of Old Chinese (OC *l̥ˤik) (B-S) (SV: thiết). Cognates within Vietic include Muong Bi khách and Chut [Rục] kʰlat⁷. Compare Lakkia kʰjãk⁵⁵ (Pain, 2020).[1]

Attested in Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經) as 可列 (MC khaX ljet) (modern SV: khả liệt). Attested as sắt in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sắt (𨫊)

  1. iron (chemical element)

Adjective

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sắt

  1. coalesced; solidified
    Synonyms: quắt, quánh
  2. (figurative) strong, firm, tough
    kỷ luật sắtiron discipline

Derived terms

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