A Tư Đà

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• A-Tư-Đà, A-tư-đà

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese, Literary Chinese 阿私陀, transcribed from Sanskrit [Term?] or Pali [Term?]

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔaː˧˧ tɨ˧˧ ʔɗaː˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔaː˧˧ tɨ˧˧ ʔɗaː˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔaː˧˧ tɨ˧˧ ʔɗaː˨˩]

Proper noun

A Tư Đà

1. Asita

Usage notes

• As a regular Sino-Vietnamese word, the unhyphenated spelling is expected as hyphenated spellings are outdated for all native and Sino-Vietnamese words. The hyphenated spelling is also used rather inconsistently even in Buddhist sources.