đại đức

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 大德 (“great ethics/morality/virtue”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɗaːj˧˨ʔ ɗɨk̚˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ɗaːj˨˩ʔ ɗɨk̚˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɗaːj˨˩˨ ɗɨk̚˦˥]

Adjective

đại đức

venerable (used, often capitalized, as an honorific before the names of Buddhist monks)

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