Sô-phô-ni

Vietnamese

Etymology

Borrowed from French Sophonie.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [so˧˧ fo˧˧ ni˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂow˧˧ fow˧˧ nɪj˧˧] ~ [sow˧˧ fow˧˧ nɪj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʂow˧˧ fow˧˧ nɪj˧˧] ~ [sow˧˧ fow˧˧ nɪj˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: sô phô ni

Proper noun

Sô-phô-ni

1. (biblical, Protestantism) Alternative form of Xô-phô-ni-a (“Zephaniah”)