bồ tát

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See also: botat and bötat

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 菩薩, from Chinese 菩薩菩萨 (púsà).

Pronunciation

Noun

bồ tát

  1. 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  • As a regular Sino-Vietnamese word, the unhyphenated spelling is expected as hyphenated spellings are outdated for all native and Sino-Vietnamese words.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.