rạch

See also: rách

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zajk̟̚˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʐat̚˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ɹat̚˨˩˨]

Etymology 1

Compare Proto-Katuic *crɛɛk (“to split”) (whence Pacoh treic) and Khmer ច្រៀក (criək). Related to rách.

Verb

rạch • (𫼢, 𫾐)

  1. to slit; to slash; to split; to divide

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

rạch

  1. to leap (on the bank) from the water

Etymology 3

Possibly nominalized derivative of the verb rạch.

Noun

(classifier con) rạch • (𤃝)

  1. small irrigation canal; ditch
  2. arroyo

References

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.