thất bảo

thất bảo

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 七寶, composed of 七 (“seven”) and 寶 (“treasure”)

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰət̚˧˦ ʔɓaːw˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰək̚˦˧˥ ʔɓaːw˧˨]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʰək̚˦˥ ʔɓaːw˨˩˦]

Noun

thất bảo

1. (Buddhism) the seven treasures: vàng (gold), bạc (silver), lưu li, pha lê, (crystal) xà cừ (mother of pearl), xích châu and mã não (agate) [1][2]

References

1. Dinh-hoa Nguyen (1995), “thất bảo”, in NTC's Vietnamese–English Dictionary, →ISBN, page 565
2. https://www.adidaphat.net/khaithi/10097/Tho-Tri-Mot-Cau-Ke-Hon-Ca-Bo-Thi-That-Bao