Vietnamese
Etymology
Borrowed from French Ésaïe.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔe˧˧ saːj˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔej˧˧ ʂaːj˧˧] ~ [ʔej˧˧ saːj˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔej˧˧ ʂaːj˧˧] ~ [ʔej˧˧ saːj˧˧]
- Phonetic spelling: ê sai
Proper noun
Ê-sai
- (biblical, Protestantism) alternative form of I-sai-a (“Isaiah”)