tôn

• tûon

From Proto-Turkic *tōn.

• IPA^(key): [toːn], [tu̞ːn]

tôn (definite accusative tônı, plural tônlar)

1. shirt

• Doerfer, Gerhard (1988) Grammatik des Chaladsch [Grammar of Khalaj] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN, →OCLC
• https://turkic.elegantlexicon.com/lxforms.php?lx=klj

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ton˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [toŋ˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [toŋ˧˧]
• Homophone: Tôn

Sino-Vietnamese word from 尊

tôn

1. to revere, to respect, to honor

   tôn làm thầy ― to honor as teacher

2. (by extension) to strengthen and heighten

   tôn nền ― to strengthen and heighten the foundation

3. (by extension) to accentuate

   Màu áo đen càng tôn thêm nước da trắng. ― The upper garment's black color accentuates the [wearer's] white skin

From etymology 1.

tôn

1. (only in compounds) revered, venerable
   • 1889, Đại Nam Liệt Truyện (Arrayed Accounts of Đại Nam), 2006 Vietnamese translation by Đỗ Mộng Khương, rectified by Hoa Bằng

     Cúi xin nhận lấy danh hiệu tôn quý, hưởng nhiều Phước to lâu dài.

     [I] bow down and beg [You] to accept this venerably precious title, [and may Ye] enjoy plenty of great Blessings for evermore.

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 宗 (“lineage, ancestry, ancestor, clan”, SV: tông).

Possibly arose from the taboo on the personal name "Nguyễn Phúc Miên Tông" (Hán tự: 阮福綿宗) of Emperor Thiệu Trị.[1]

tôn

1. (only in compounds) Alternative form of tông

   tôn giáo ― religion

   tôn chỉ ― main objective, purpose; mission

   tôn đường ― Synonym of tông đường

   tôn tộc ― Synonym of tông tộc

   Lê Thánh Tôn ― Alternative form of Lê Thánh Tông

   Hồ Tôn Hiến ― Alternative form of Hồ Tông Hiến

   Tôn Thất ― a surname.

   Tôn Nữ ― a surname.

Borrowed from French tôle.

(classifier miếng) tôn

1. sheet metal

From Middle Welsh ton, from Old French ton, from Latin tonus. Doublet of tiwn.

• IPA^(key): /toːn/
• Rhymes: -oːn

tôn f (plural tonau)

1. tone, sound

   Synonym: sain

2. tune, melody

   Synonyms: tiwn, alaw

• tôn gron
• tonaidd
• tonedd
• tôn-fyddar

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tôn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies