A Tư Đà

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese, Literary Chinese 阿私陀, transcribed from Sanskrit [Term?] or Pali [Term?]

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔaː˧˧ tɨ˧˧ ʔɗaː˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔaː˧˧ tɨ˧˧ ʔɗaː˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔaː˧˧ tɨ˧˧ ʔɗaː˨˩]

Proper noun

A Tư Đà

  1. Asita

Usage notes

  • As a regular Sino-Vietnamese word, the unhyphenated spelling is expected as hyphenated spellings are outdated for all native and Sino-Vietnamese words. The hyphenated spelling is also used rather inconsistently even in Buddhist sources.
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