thượng toạ

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

thượng tọa

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 上座, composed of 上 (“upper part; high position; up”) and 座 (“seat”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰɨəŋ˧˨ʔ twaː˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰɨəŋ˨˩ʔ twaː˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʰɨəŋ˨˩˨ t⁽ʷ⁾aː˨˩˨]

Noun

thượng toạ

(Buddhism) Thero (an honorific term for senior Buddhist monks and nuns)

Derived terms

Derived terms

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