thất bảo

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 七寶, composed of 七 (“seven”) and 寶 (“treasure”)

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰət̚˧˦ ʔɓaːw˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰək̚˦˧˥ ʔɓaːw˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰək̚˦˥ ʔɓaːw˨˩˦]

Noun

thất bảo

  1. (Buddhism) the seven treasures: vàng (gold), bạc (silver), lưu li, pha lê, (crystal) xà cừ (mother of pearl), xích châu and mã não (agate) [1][2]

References

  1. ^ Dinh-hoa Nguyen (1995) “thất bảo”, in NTC's Vietnamese–English Dictionary, →ISBN, page 565
  2. ^ https://www.adidaphat.net/khaithi/10097/Tho-Tri-Mot-Cau-Ke-Hon-Ca-Bo-Thi-That-Bao
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