bồ tát

See also: botat and bötat

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 菩薩, from Chinese 菩薩 / 菩萨 (púsà).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓo˨˩ taːt̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓow˦˩ taːk̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓow˨˩ taːk̚˦˥]
  • Homophone: Bồ Tát

Noun

bồ tát

  1. a bodhisattva

Usage notes

  • As a regular Sino-Vietnamese word, the unhyphenated spelling is expected as hyphenated spellings are outdated for all native and Sino-Vietnamese words. The hyphenated spelling is also used rather inconsistently even in Buddhist sources.

Derived terms

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