đèn

See also: Appendix:Variations of "den"

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 燈 (“lamp”, SV: đăng). Cognate with Arem tiən. This was borrowed from a Sinitic variety with alveolar/dental nasal coda.

Compare Khmer ទៀន (tiən), Thai เทียน (tiian), Malay dian.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗɛn˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗɛŋ˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗɛŋ˨˩]

Noun

(classifier ngọn, cây) đèn • (畑)

  1. a light; a lamp, an oil lamp, a light bulb, an incandescent light, a fluorescent light, a flashlight, etc.
    đèn dầu ― an oil lamp
    đèn huỳnh quang ― an fluorescent light
    A-la-đanh và cây đèn thần ― Aladdin and the Magic Lamp
    thần đèn ― the Genie of the Lamp

Derived terms

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