đất đai

Vietnamese

Etymology

đất (“earth; land”) +‎ đai (“(archaic) land”), the latter related to Khmer ដី (dəy, “earth; land”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗət̚˧˦ ʔɗaːj˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗək̚˦˧˥ ʔɗaːj˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗək̚˦˥ ʔɗaːj˧˧]

Noun

đất đai

  1. land; territory (generally speaking)
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