đao

See also: dao, Dao, dạo, Đao, đào, Đào, đảo, and đạo

Jarai

Etymology

Compare Chinese 刀 (dāo, “knife; single-edged sword”), Vietnamese đao (“katana”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔdaːw/

Noun

đao (classifier ƀĕ)

  1. a sword

References
  • Siu, Lap Minh (December 2009) Developing the First Preliminary Dictionary of North American Jarai‎, Texas Tech University, page 73

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 刀.

Noun

(classifier thanh, cây) đao

  1. a Chinese sabre
Derived terms

See also
  • dao (“knife”)

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 刀, borrowed from Japanese 刀 (katana, tō)

Noun

(classifier thanh, cây) đao

  1. (rare) a katana

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English Down, from the name of John Langdon Down.

Alternative forms

Noun

đao

  1. Down syndrome
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