Béc-lanh

Vietnamese

Etymology

From French Berlin. Probably originally used in Northern Vietnamese since -anh is pronounced more similarly to French when using the accent.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓɛk̚˧˦ lajŋ̟˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓɛk̚˦˧˥ lɛɲ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓɛk̚˦˥ lan˧˧]
  • Phonetic spelling: béc lanh

Proper noun

Béc-lanh

  1. Berlin (the capital city of Germany)

Synonyms

  • (Berlin): Béc-linh, Bá Linh (dated or historical)

References

  1. ^ Ung Chu (15 February 2022) “[...]”, in Hán-Việt Thông Dụng‎[1] (Facebook post)
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