tăng già

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• tăng-già

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 僧伽, from Literary Chinese 僧伽, transcribed from Sanskrit संघ (saṃgha).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [taŋ˧˧ zaː˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [taŋ˧˧ jaː˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [taŋ˧˧ jaː˨˩]

Noun

tăng già

1. (Buddhism) a sangha (community of all followers of the Buddha)

   Synonym: tăng đoàn

   Giáo hội Tăng già Nguyên thủy Việt Nam

   the Primordial Sangha of Vietnam

Usage notes

tăng già seems to emphasize the "community" sense of sangha (similarly to English Christendom), while giáo hội emphasizes the "denomination" sense.