Xa-cha-ri

Vietnamese

Etymology

Borrowed from French Zacharie. The <ch> represents a hard [k] in French, meaning this is a partial orthographic borrowing from French.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [saː˧˧ t͡ɕaː˧˧ zi˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [saː˧˧ t͡ɕaː˧˧ ʐɪj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [saː˧˧ caː˧˧ ɹɪj˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: xa cha ri

Proper noun

Xa-cha-ri

1. (biblical, Protestantism) Alternative form of Da-ca-ri-a (“Zechariah; Zacharias; Zachary”)