Đắk Lắk

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese Đắk Lắk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdæklæk/

Proper noun

Đắk Lắk

1. A province of Vietnam.

Translations

province of Vietnam

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 多樂 / 多乐 (Duōlè)

• Vietnamese: Đắk Lắk (vi)

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• Đắc Lắc

Etymology

From Eastern Mnong dak Lak (“Lak Lake”). Spellings with or without the diacritical marks (or even with or without a space) have been found to be inconsistently used by some agencies and institutions (e.g. Nhà khách tỉnh Daklak (“Dak Lak Guest House”)). A spelling without would be more representative of the original pronunciation (as "đác lác", with dak being the Mnong cognate to Vietnamese nác/nước (“water”)), although this spelling here is officially used.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗak̚˧˦ lak̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗak̚˦˧˥ lak̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɗak̚˦˥ lak̚˦˥]
• Phonetic spelling: đắc lắc

Proper noun

Đắk Lắk

1. Đắk Lắk (a province of Vietnam)

Descendants

• → English: Đắk Lắk

See also

• hồ Lắk (“Lak Lake”)