Bà La Môn

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Bà-la-môn

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 婆羅門, from Chinese 婆羅門／婆罗门 (póluómén), from Sanskrit ब्राह्मण (brāhmaṇa).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaː˨˩ laː˧˧ mon˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaː˦˩ laː˧˧ moŋ˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaː˨˩ laː˧˧ moŋ˧˧]

Noun

Bà La Môn

(Hinduism) brahmin

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