ơn xá

Vietnamese

Etymology

ơn (“favor”) +‎ xá (“pardon”)

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔəːn˧˧ saː˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔəːŋ˧˧ saː˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔəːŋ˧˧ saː˦˥]

Noun

ơn xá

1. (Roman Catholicism) indulgence (pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory)

Synonyms

• (indulgence): ân xá

Hypernyms

• (indulgence): đại xá, tiểu xá, toàn xá

Derived terms

Derived terms

• đại xá
• tiểu xá
• toàn xá