Bà La Môn

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• Bà-la-môn

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 婆羅門, from Chinese 婆羅門 / 婆罗门 (póluómén), from Sanskrit ब्राह्मण (brāhmaṇa).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaː˨˩ laː˧˧ mon˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaː˦˩ laː˧˧ moŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaː˨˩ laː˧˧ moŋ˧˧]

Noun

Bà La Môn

1. (Hinduism) brahmin