A-ghê

See also: aghe

Vietnamese

Etymology

Borrowed from French Aggée. Apparently a partial orthographic borrowing from French, since the <gg> in French is soft, while the Vietnamese <gh> is hard.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔaː˧˧ ɣe˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔaː˧˧ ɣej˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔaː˧˧ ɣej˧˧]
  • Phonetic spelling: a ghê

Proper noun

A-ghê

  1. (biblical, Protestantism) alternative form of Khác-gai (“Haggai”)
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