nghiêm đường

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 嚴堂.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋiəm˧˧ ʔɗɨəŋ˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋiəm˧˧ ʔɗɨəŋ˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ŋim˧˧ ʔɗɨəŋ˨˩]

Noun

nghiêm đường

  1. (dated, formal) father
    Synonyms: nghiệm phụ, phụ thân, thân phụ, xuân đường
    • 1820, Nguyễn Du (阮攸), Đoạn trường tân thanh (Truyện Kiều)‎[1], published 1866, lines 1277-1278:
      本(Vốn)𠊛(người)縣(huyện)錫(Tích)州(châu)常(Thường)
      蹺(Theo)嚴(nghiêm)塘(đường)𨷑(mở)𡾵(ngôi)行(hàng)臨(Lâm)淄(Truy)
      A native of Tích district, Thường province
      Followed his dad and had a shop in Lâm Truy.
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