trăng
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Vietnamese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (Northern Vietnam) giăng
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Vietnamese blang, from Proto-Vietic *b-laŋ. Probably related to Proto-Austronesian *bulaN (“moon”), compare Malay bulan, Javanese wulan, Tagalog buan and Malagasy volana; or to Proto-Tai *ɓlɯənᴬ (“moon”), compare Thai เดือน (dʉʉan), Shan လိူၼ် (lǒen), Saek เบรี๋ยน and Zhuang ndwen.