bát-nhã-ba-la-mật-đa
Vietnamese
Alternative forms
- bát-nhã-ba-la-mật (abbreviation)
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 般若波羅蜜多, from Chinese 般若波羅蜜多, from Sanskrit प्रज्ञापारमिता (prajñāpāramitā).
Pronunciation
- (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
bát-nhã-ba-la-mật-đa
- (Buddhism) prajnaparamita (the Perfection of Wisdom, Transcendental Knowledge)