Tôn Thất

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 尊室, composed of 尊 (“august”) and 室 (“chamber”), originally a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 宗室 (“imperial chamber(lain)”, SV: Tông Thất), with tông perhaps euphemistically replaced with tôn to avoid referencing Emperor Thiệu Trị, whose taboo name was Nguyễn Phúc Miên Tông. A name prescribed by Emperor Minh Mạng upon male descendants of the Nguyễn Phúc lineage. Compare Tôn Nữ and tôn giáo.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ton˧˧ tʰət̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [toŋ˧˧ tʰək̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [toŋ˧˧ tʰək̚˦˥]

Proper noun

Tôn Thất

1. a surname