Mặt Trời

• mặt trời, Mặt trời
• (Northern Vietnam) mặt giời, Mặt Giời

A compound of mặt (originally meaning “eye”) +‎ trời (“sky; heavens”), literally “eye of the heavens”, a common metaphor for the Sun in Austroasiatic, Austronesian and Kra-Dai languages in Southeast Asia. Compare Thai ตะวัน (dtà-wan), Malay matahari, Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₂ŋiiʔ (“Sun”) < **[ma]t₂-ŋiiʔ (Benedict, 1976). Cognate with Muong măt tlời.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mat̚˧˨ʔ t͡ɕəːj˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [mak̚˨˩ʔ ʈəːj˦˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [mak̚˨˩˨ ʈəːj˨˩]

Mặt Trời • (𩈘𡗶)

1. (astronomy) Sun

   Synonym: Thái Dương

   • Copy from 18th century, Urtext probably from 12th or 15th century, Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經):

     𪬪(Gió)𠺙(thổi)末(Mặt)𫶸(Trời)炪(đốt)昌(xương)泊(bạc)珊(tan)索(tác)工(trong)圭(quê)渃(nước)㝵(người)

     [Under the] blowing winds and burning Sun, white bones keep decaying on foreign soil.

• Mặt Trăng