đoá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "doa"

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

đóa

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗwaː˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗwaː˨˩˦]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɗwaː˦˥]
Audio (Hà Nội): (file)

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 朵/朶 (“cluster of flower”)

Classifier

đoá

Indicates flowers
Synonym: bông

Nếu là hoa, tôi sẽ là một đoá hướng dương.
If I were to be a flower, I wish I were a sunflower.

Derived terms

cúc đại đoá

Etymology 2

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “The best I can come up with is that this word might be borrowed from a historical form of 怒 (nù) with prenasalized stop [ⁿd].”

Noun

đoá

(only found in nổi đoá) anger

Anagrams

đáo