chùa chiền

Vietnamese

Etymology

Attested as chùa trièn in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum, so the etymological spelling would be *chùa triền. In Nôm texts, the second element was spelled with various characters (including 傳 (MC drjwen), 廛 (MC drjen), 纏 (MC drjen), all with retroflex initial), although the etymological source is most likely 廛 (triền).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕuə˨˩ t͡ɕiən˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕuə˦˩ t͡ɕiəŋ˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [cuə˨˩ ciəŋ˨˩]

Noun

chùa chiền • (𫴶廛)

  1. (Buddhism) a temple; pagoda; monastery
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