dữ dằn

Vietnamese

Etymology

Either:

  • Reduplication of dữ, or
  • Compound of dữ +‎ dằn, the latter being possibly a fossil and derived from a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 寅 (“3rd Earth Branch; tiger in Chinese zodiac”, SV: dần); if true, dữ dằn would have originally meant "fierce, ferocious as a tiger".

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zɨ˦ˀ˥ zan˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [jɨ˧˨ jaŋ˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [jɨ˨˩˦ jaŋ˨˩]

Adjective

dữ dằn

  1. fierce, ferocious
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