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Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 菩薩, from Chinese 菩薩／菩萨 (púsà).
Pronunciation
Noun
bồ tát
- a bodhisattva
Usage notes
- As a regular Sino-Vietnamese word, the unhyphenated spelling is expected as hyphenated spellings are outdated for all native and Sino-Vietnamese words. The hyphenated spelling is also used rather inconsistently even in Buddhist sources.