thảo

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See also: Thao, tháo, Thảo, and thạo

Vietnamese

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 草. Doublet of tháu.

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier cây) thảo

  1. grasses and herbs
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Verb

thảo

  1. to write, to draft
    • 1820, Nguyễn Du (阮攸), Truyện Kiều (傳翹) [The Tale of Kieu], Liễu Văn Ðường edition, published 1866, lines 1313 - 1314:
      生(Sinh)強(càng)𤏣(tỏ)󰞺(nét)強(càng)𠸦(khen)
      寫(Tả)情(tình)𢬣(tay)草(thảo)󰜋(một)天(thiên)律(luật)唐(Đường)
      The young man conceived a great admiration for his sweetheart as he considered her qualities more deeply.
      Unable to keep those sentiments to himself, he improvised and wrote to her a poem in a particular form of Tang prosody.
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Etymology 2

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Particularly: “Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 操 (“conduct, behaviour”, SV: tháo) or nativized clipping of Middle Chinese 慥慥 (MC tshawH tshawH, “honest, sincere”) (SV: tháo tháo)”

Adjective

thảo • (草, 討)

  1. to be pious, to be generous, to be open-handed, to be devoted, to be virtuous, to be dutiful
    • 13th century, Trần Nhân Tông, “Đệ thất hội 第七會 [Seventh]”, in Cư Trần lạc đạo phú 居塵樂道賦 [Living in the Dusty World and Enjoying the Way]:
      義(Nghĩa)矣(hãy)汝(nhớ)道(đạo)莊(chăng)涓(quên)香(hương)花(hoa)供(cúng)娂(xem)群(còn)年(nên)討(thảo)
      When one is mindful of rectitude and forgets not the Way, offered incense and blossoms seem still pious
    • Nam Giao cổ kim lý hạng ca dao chú giải (《南交古金里巷歌謠註解》 "Southern Folk-ballads from the Hamlets and Alleys - Annotated and Explained")
      𢄂(Chợ)𬁑(trưa)蒌(rau)㐌(đã)痚(héo)𠫾(đi)
      𥙩(Lấy)夷(gì)敬(kính)媄(mẹ)𥙩(lấy)夷(gì)討(thảo)㛪(em)
      At midday, vegetables in the market already wilted;
      What shall I dutifully offer my mother and generously give my little siblings?
    • Lam Giang, Võ Ngọc Nhã (1970) Đặng Đức Tuấn Tinh Hoa Công Giáo Ái Quốc Việt Nam [Đặng Đức Tuấn - A Catholic Vietnamese Patriot's Quintessence], page 503; quoted in “Xuất xứ và ý nghĩa của hai từ ‘lương dân’ – ‘giáo dân’ [The etymologies and meanings of the two words ‘lương dân’ and ‘giáo dân’]”, in nghiencuuquocte.org‎, 2021
      Xưa những việc chẳng ngay chẳng thảo[,] [đ]ổ Da tô, vu Tả đạo với Dửu dân[.]
      In the past, everything dishonest and impious was blamed on Jesus, Christianity, and Christians.
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