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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian شاه (šâh), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (šāh), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /xšāyaθiya/).
Pronunciation
Noun
xá m (plural xás)
- shah (title of Persian kings)
Tày
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
xá (𣒞)
- kitchen loft
Etymology 2
Verb
xá
- to rub
- xá khẻo ― to brush one's teeth
- xá kị mỏ hẩư slâư ― to rub the pot's bottom clean
Etymology 3
Verb
xá (詐)
- to be wrong; to have fault
- hết xá ― to do wrong
- xá đuổi pi̱ noọng ― at fault with people
- to insult
- phuối xá ― to say insults
Derived terms
Etymology 4
From Proto-Tai *kraːᴮ (“gust (of rain)”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩉ᩵ᩣ, Khün ᩉ᩵ᩣ, Isan ห่า, Lao ຫ່າ (hā), Shan ႁႃႇ (hàa), Lü ᦠᦱᧈ (ḣaa¹), Phake ꩭႃ (hā), Ahom 𑜍𑜠 (ra), Zhuang haq, Zuojiang Zhuang haq, Thai ห่า (hàa).
Classifier
xá (赦,舍)
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- xá phôn ― shower of rain
- xá lồm ― gust of wind
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Etymology 5
Noun
xá
- flock; herd
- xá cáy ― flock of roosters
- xá vài ― herd of buffalos
- xá pja ― shoal of fish
Synonyms
References
- Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
- Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
- Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
Tetum
Etymology
From Portuguese chá.
Noun
xá
- tea (the drink)
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 赦.
Pronunciation
Noun
xá
- pardon