giấy

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See also: giày and giây

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Etymology

From Middle Vietnamese gếy, from Proto-Vietic *k-cajʔ, from a descendant of reconstructed Old Chinese (OC *k.teʔ) when the dental stop already palatalized. Cognate with Arem kacajˀ ("book"); non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (paper, SV: chỉ).

The same sound change also yields Vietnamese giống, from Proto-Vietic *k-coːŋʔ, from a descendant of ultimately Old Chinese (OC *k.toŋʔ).

For another word with similar phonological development, see giặc, from . Also compare Lakkia kʰjei²⁴ ("paper") and kjak²⁴ ("thief"), borrowed from the same sources.

Pronunciation

giấy

Noun

(classifier tờ) giấy (𫷏, , , , 𥿗)

  1. paper (material for writing on)

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