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Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from 樂 (“music”).
Noun
nhạc
- music (as a hobby or object of enjoyment)
- Near-synonym: âm nhạc (as a concept)
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Etymology 2
Attested as Northern Middle Vietnamese mlạc in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651), a dictionary based chiefly on the Northern dialects. Related to the second element in lục lạc.
Likely ultimately from Old Chinese 鐸 (OC *lˤak) (B-S).
The initial shift () indicates that this is originally a Northern form.
Noun
(classifier cái) nhạc
- a bell worn on the neck of a domestic animal
- nhạc ngựa ― horse bell
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