bồ tát

See also: botat and bötat

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 菩薩, from Chinese 菩薩 / 菩萨 (púsà).

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓo˨˩ taːt̚˧˦]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓow˦˩ taːk̚˦˧˥]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓow˨˩ taːk̚˦˥]
    • Homophone: Bồ Tát

    Noun

    bồ tát

    1. a bodhisattva

    Usage notes

    • As a regular Sino-Vietnamese word, the unhyphenated spelling is expected as hyphenated spellings are outdated for all native and Sino-Vietnamese words. The hyphenated spelling is also used rather inconsistently even in Buddhist sources.

    Derived terms