Đại Cồ Việt

Vietnamese

Etymology

First attested in 1479 in Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư , in chữ Hán form 大瞿越.

Momoki (2014) proposes that 大瞿越 (Đại Cồ Việt) & 瞿越 (Cồ Việt) are likely based on 鉅越 & 巨越 (Cự Việt) in 12th-century Lý dynasty's inscriptions instead of the nation's 10th-century name, as the form 大越 (Đại Việt) had been attested earlier in 10th-century brick inscriptions.[1]

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaːj˧˨ʔ ko˨˩ viət̚˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaːj˨˩ʔ kow˦˩ viək̚˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaːj˨˩˨ kow˨˩ viək̚˨˩˨] ~ [ʔɗaːj˨˩˨ kow˨˩ jiək̚˨˩˨]

Proper noun

Đại Cồ Việt • (大瞿越)

Đại Cồ Việt, the official name for the Vietnamese nation between the rule of Đinh Bộ Lĩnh (r. 968-979) and the rule of Lý Thánh Tông (r. 1054-1072).

References

Momoki Shiro, The Vietnamese empire and its expansion circa 980–1840 in Asian Expansions: The historical experiences of polity expansion in Asia, edited by Geoff Wade, p. 158

[1] Momoki Shiro, The Vietnamese empire and its expansion circa 980–1840 in Asian Expansions: The historical experiences of polity expansion in Asia, edited by Geoff Wade, p. 158