nguyệt

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

(Southern Vietnam, obsolete) ngoạt

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 月.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ŋwiət̚˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ŋwiək̚˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ŋwiək̚˨˩˨]

Noun

nguyệt

(literary, archaic) Moon
- 15th century, Nguyễn Trãi, “寶鏡警戒 Bảo kính cảnh giới 43”, in Quốc âm thi tập (國音詩集):
  
  𢚸(Lòng)踈(thơ)𠦳(ngàn)琰(dặm)月(nguyệt)巴(ba)更(canh).
  [Feeling that] the poetic inspiration [is now as wide as] a thousand miles, [standing] in the moon[light] in the third canh.
(literary, dated, only in compounds) month

Derived terms

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