đồn

See also: Appendix:Variations of "don"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 屯.

    Noun

    đồn • (屯)

    1. military post (bigger than a bốt)
    2. (police, frontier) station
    Derived terms
    • đồn bót
    • đồn bốt
    • đồn điền
    • đồn luỹ
    • đồn trưởng
    • tiền đồn

    Etymology 2

    From a late form of Old Chinese 傳 (OC *m-tron) (B-S) (SV: truyền), yet still before Eastern Han Chinese *d̥uan (Schuessler 2007 & 2009). Doublet of truyền, truyện, chuyền, and chuyện.

    Verb

    đồn • (𧦖)

    1. to spread a rumour
    Derived terms
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