thiên nữ

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• thiên-nữ

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 天女, composed of 天 (“heaven; deva/devi”) and 女 (“female person”), Literary Chinese 天女 (tiānnǚ)

Noun

thiên nữ

1. Synonym of thiên (“a devi”) (female deva)

   (Đại (Thánh)) Biện Tài / Diệu Âm / Mĩ Âm Thiên (nữ)

   Saraswati the Devi

2. (Chinese mythology) a female inhabitant of heaven

   Truyền thuyết thiên nữ

   Ceres, Celestial Legend

   (literally, “Legend of the Celestial Maiden”)