đồn

See also: Appendix:Variations of "don"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 屯.

Noun

đồn • (屯)

  1. military post (bigger than a bốt)
  2. (police, frontier) station
Derived terms
  • đồn bót
  • đồn bốt
  • đồn điền
  • đồn luỹ
  • đồn trưởng
  • tiền đồn

Etymology 2

From a late form of Old Chinese 傳 (OC *m-tron) (B-S) (SV: truyền), yet still before Eastern Han Chinese *d̥uan (Schuessler 2007 & 2009). Doublet of truyền, truyện, chuyền, and chuyện.

Verb

đồn • (𧦖)

  1. to spread a rumour
Derived terms
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