Bà La Môn

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

  • Bà-la-môn

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 婆羅門, from Chinese 婆羅門 / 婆罗门 (póluómén), from Sanskrit ब्राह्मण (brāhmaṇa).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˨˩ laː˧˧ mon˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˦˩ laː˧˧ moŋ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˨˩ laː˧˧ moŋ˧˧]

Noun

Bà La Môn

  1. (Hinduism) brahmin
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