trăng

See also: Appendix:Variations of "trang"

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

(Northern Vietnam, inland dialects) giăng
(Northern Vietnam, coastal dialects, likely obsolete) lăng
(Northern Vietnam, coastal dialects, endangered) tăng

Etymology

From Middle Vietnamese blang (“moon”), from Proto-Vietic *b-laŋ (“moon”). This is the Central-Southern form, now also the most common written form. See giai for the sound changes.

The Northern Middle Vietnamese form is attested as blang in Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

False cognate of Proto-Austronesian *bulaN (“moon”) and Proto-Tai *ɓlɯənᴬ (“moon”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕaŋ˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈaŋ˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʈaŋ˧˧]
Audio (Saigon): (file)

Noun

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trăng • (𢁋, 𣎞, 𦝄)

the Moon
Synonym: Mặt Trăng

Derived terms