ba-la-mật

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 波羅蜜, from Chinese 波羅蜜 / 波罗蜜 (bōluómì), from Sanskrit पारमिता (pāramitā).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˧˧ laː˧˧ mət̚˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˧˧ laː˧˧ mək̚˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˧˧ laː˧˧ mək̚˨˩˨]
  • Phonetic spelling: ba la mật

Noun

ba-la-mật

  1. (Buddhism) clipping of ba-la-mật-đa