Ê-sai

Vietnamese

Etymology

Borrowed from French Ésaïe.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔe˧˧ saːj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔej˧˧ ʂaːj˧˧] ~ [ʔej˧˧ saːj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔej˧˧ ʂaːj˧˧] ~ [ʔej˧˧ saːj˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: ê sai

Proper noun

Ê-sai

1. (biblical, Protestantism) Alternative form of I-sai-a (“Isaiah”)