vầng

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

vừng

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *wiŋ ~ *wiiŋ ~ *wiəŋ ~ *waiŋ ~ *wəŋ ~ *wuəŋ ~ *wuŋ ~ *wuuŋ (“to go round; to turn”); cognate with Khmer វង់ (vŭəng, “to go around; circle; sphere; disc”), ក្រវង់ (krâvông, “circular; round”), Mon ဝိုၚ် (wàŋ, “to go round; circular”). Related to quầng, vồng, vòng, quanh.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vəŋ˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [vəŋ˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [vəŋ˨˩] ~ [jəŋ˨˩]
Homophones: vần, dần, Dần

Classifier

vầng

(literary, poetic) indicates the sun and the moon
vầng trăng dịu êm ― a gentle moon

vầng mặt trời/thái dương chói loà ― a blinding sun
indicates foreheads
vầng trán ― a forehead

Usage notes

Only vầng trăng is correct, not *vầng mặt trăng.

Derived terms

vầng dương
vầng đông

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