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Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 五戒, composed of 五 (“five”) and 戒 (“to swear off; be on guard”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ngũ giới
- (religion, Buddhism) the Five Precepts[1]
References
- ^ Dinh-hoa Nguyen (1995) “ngũ giới”, in NTC's Vietnamese–English Dictionary, →ISBN, page 383