đồng

English

Noun

đồng (plural đồng or đồngs)

1. Uncommon spelling of dong (“Vietnamese currency”).

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• dong (nonstandard, though common)

Etymology

From Vietnamese đồng.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -oŋɡ
• Homophone: dong

Noun

đồng (plural đồngok)

1. dong (the currency of Vietnam; usually used by thousands or higher denominations)

   1000 vietnámi đồng körülbelül 15 forintot ér. ― 1,000 Vietnamese dongs are worth approximately 15 Hungarian forints.

Declension

See also

• dong (“to buzz, drone”)

References

Vietnamese

 đồng on Vietnamese Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key):
• (Huế) IPA^(key):
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key):

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Tai; compare Tày tô̱ng, Thai ทุ่ง (tûng). Probably related to Central and Southern Vietnamese đùng.

Noun

(classifier cánh) đồng • (垌)

1. a general field; compare ruộng (“agricultural field or paddy”)

   đồng/ruộng lúa ― a rice paddy

   đồng cỏ ― a grassy field; a meadow

Synonyms

• đồng ruộng, đồng áng

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Norman & Mei (1976: 296-7) propose an Austroasiatic origin and consider it cognate to Mon ဒံၚ် (tòŋ, “to dance while under daemonic possession; to proceed by leaps”), ဒေါၚ် (tòŋ, “shaman called in to organise kəlok dances”), etc.; they even propose Austroasiatic etymology for Chinese 童 (“(dialectal) shaman”). Sagart (2008:142) counts it among "Austroasiatic terms", yet he considers the resemblance between those and Chinese 童 (“(dialectal) shaman”) to be "undoubtedly fortuitous".

However, Vietnamese đồng is also likely a Sino-Vietnamese word from 童 (“child; servant; (dialectal) shaman”).

Noun

(classifier ông, bà, cô, cậu) đồng

1. (occult, divination) a medium

   ông đồng ― male medium

   bà đồng ― female medium

   thứ nhất ngồi đồng, thứ nhì chồng quan ― sitting (as) a medium ranks first; having an official for a husband ranks second

Derived terms

References

Etymology 3

 Vietnamese đồng on Wikipedia

Sino-Vietnamese word from 銅 (“copper”).

Alternative forms

• ₫
• Đ.

Noun

đồng

1. copper
2. dong (currency of Vietnam)
3. (colloquial, chiefly Southern Vietnam) a thousand dongs

   hai đồng ― two thousand dongs

4. (historical) dong (currency of South Vietnam)
5. (by extension) a currency

   đồng yên Nhật ― the Japanese yen

   đồng đô-la Mĩ ― the US dollar

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Cantonese: 盾 (teon⁵)
• → English: dong
• → Japanese: ドン (don)
• → Korean: 동 (dong)
• → Mandarin: 盾 (dùn)
• → Russian: донг (dong)

Etymology 4

Sino-Vietnamese word from 同.

Prefix

đồng

1. co-; united
2. homo-; same

   đồng âm ― homophonous

   đồng tính ― homosexual

Derived terms