vật

See also: vat, VAT, vát, vât, vất, and våt

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vət̚˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [vək̚˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [vək̚˨˩˨] ~ [jək̚˨˩˨]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 物 (“thing”).

Noun

vật

thing; object
animal

Derived terms

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Vietnamese ꞗật, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kpət (“to struggle”); cognate with Muong pật, Central Nicobarese [Nancowry] kapôt (“to wrestle”), Mon ကဝိုတ် (kəwɒt, “to wrestle”)

Verb

vật (勿, 沕, 𢪥, 𢪱)

to wrestle
to shake violently

Derived terms

Derived terms

đấu vật
đô vật
trời đánh thánh vật
vật lộn
vật vã

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