sắt

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sat"

Middle Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *k-rac, from Chinese 鐵 (OC *l̥ʰiːɡ).

Noun

sắt

1. iron

Descendants

• Vietnamese: sắt

References

• De Rhodes, Alexandre (1651), “sắt”, Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum.

Vietnamese

Chemical element
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Etymology

From Middle Vietnamese sắt, from Proto-Vietic *k-rac; cognate with Muong Bi khách and Chut [Rục] kʰlat⁷. Borrowed from some form of Chinese 鐵 (OC *l̥ˤik) (B-S) (SV: thiết). Compare Lakkia kʰjãk⁵⁵ (Pain, 2020).

Attested in Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經) as 可列 (MC khaX ljet) (modern SV: khả liệt).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [sat̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂak̚˦˧˥] ~ [sak̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʂak̚˦˥] ~ [sak̚˦˥]

Noun

sắt • (𨫊)

1. iron (chemical element)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• đường sắt
• sắt đá
• sắt thép