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Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from 屯.
Noun
đồn • (屯)
- military post (bigger than a bốt)
- (police, frontier) station
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From a late form of Old Chinese 傳 (OC *m-tron) (B-S) (SV: truyền), yet still before Eastern Han Chinese *d̥uan (Schuessler 2007 & 2009). Doublet of truyền, truyện, chuyền, and chuyện.
Verb
đồn • (𧦖)
- to spread a rumour
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