Ma-la-chi

See also: Malachi

Vietnamese

Etymology

Borrowed from French Malachie. The <ch> represents a hard [k] in French, meaning this is a partial orthographic borrowing from French.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [maː˧˧ laː˧˧ t͡ɕi˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [maː˧˧ laː˧˧ t͡ɕɪj˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [maː˧˧ laː˧˧ cɪj˧˧]
  • Phonetic spelling: ma la chi

Proper noun

Ma-la-chi

  1. (biblical, Protestantism) alternative form of Ma-la-khi (“Malachi”)
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