Di Lặc

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

  • Di-lặc

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 彌勒, from Literary Chinese 彌勒 (mjie lok).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zi˧˧ lak̚˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [jɪj˧˧ lak̚˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [jɪj˧˧ lak̚˨˩˨]

Noun

Di Lặc

  1. Maitreya
    Bồ tát Di Lặc
    the Bodhisattva Maitreya
  2. Mile (a county-level city of Honghe Hani and Yi prefecture, Yunnan, China)
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