Phù Đổng Thiên Vương
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Sino-Vietnamese word from 扶董天王, composed of 扶董 and 天王, i.e. "Heavenly King/Prince of Phù Đổng". Phù Đổng 扶董 (MC bju tuwngX) is the rendition of a sesquisyllabic Vietnamese word ancestral to Dóng (in Thánh Dóng).
This whole phrase is probably a calque of Thánh Dóng.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [fu˨˩ ʔɗəwŋ͡m˧˩ tʰiən˧˧ vɨəŋ˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [fʊw˦˩ ʔɗəwŋ͡m˧˨ tʰiəŋ˧˧ vɨəŋ˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [fʊw˨˩ ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩˦ tʰiəŋ˧˧ vɨəŋ˧˧] ~ [fʊw˨˩ ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩˦ tʰiəŋ˧˧ jɨəŋ˧˧]
Proper noun
[edit]- Thánh Gióng, one of the The Four Immortals in Vietnamese mythology