tăng

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Bahnar

Etymology

From Proto-Bahnaric *-ʦaŋ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kt₂aŋ (bitter). Cognate with Sedang xáng, Nyaheun daŋ, Vietnamese đắng, Pacoh atáng, Khasi kthang, Bolyu tɕaŋ⁵³ and Mon က္တၚ် (kətɛŋ).

Pronunciation

Adjective

tăng 

  1. bitter

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Verb

tăng

  1. to increase
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Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Noun

tăng

  1. monk
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Etymology 3

Borrowed from French tank; itself from English tank.

Noun

tăng

  1. (xe ~) battle tank
    • 2022, Hoàng Duy Long, “Xe tăng - lịch sử đổi thay - Kỳ 2: Trận đại chiến máu lửa xe tăng ở chiến địa Kursk”, in Tuổi Trẻ Online:
      Trận đấu tăng lớn xảy ra vào ngày 12-7 tại Prokhorovka trên mặt trận dài 8km ở hai bên tuyến đường sắt. 1.200 xe tăng và pháo Liên Xô tấn công quân đoàn II SS-Panzer của Đức. Địa hình rất thuận lợi cho cuộc chiến đấu tăng.
      A large tank battle erupted on 12 July at Prokhorovka on the eight-kilometre-long front on both sides of the railway. 1,200 Soviet tanks and artillery pieces attacked the German 2nd SS Panzer division. The terrain is very conducive for a tank battle.