bát-nhã-ba-la-mật-đa

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Vietnamese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 般若波羅蜜多, from Chinese 般若波羅蜜多般若波罗蜜多 (bōrě bōluómìduō), from Sanskrit प्रज्ञापारमिता (prajñāpāramitā).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːt̚˧˦ ɲaː˦ˀ˥ ʔɓaː˧˧ laː˧˧ mət̚˧˨ʔ ʔɗaː˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːk̚˦˧˥ ɲaː˧˨ ʔɓaː˧˧ laː˧˧ mək̚˨˩ʔ ʔɗaː˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːk̚˦˥ ɲaː˨˩˦ ʔɓaː˧˧ laː˧˧ mək̚˨˩˨ ʔɗaː˧˧]

Noun[edit]

bát-nhã-ba-la-mật-đa

  1. (Buddhism) prajnaparamita (the Perfection of Wisdom, Transcendental Knowledge)