Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
đểu. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
đểu, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
đểu in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
đểu you have here. The definition of the word
đểu will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
đểu, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Vietnamese
Etymology
In Dictionnaire Annamite-Français (1898), J. F. M. Génibrel glosses "gánh " as "porter des fardeaux (“to carry burdens ~ loads"”) and "thằng " as "portefaix (“porter (n.)”)", suggesting that đểu originally meant "load, burden" → "person who carries burdens or loads, porter". Further etymology unknown; still, compare 挑 (tiāo, “to carry with a shoulder pole”).
Vương Trung Hiếu (2021) proposes that đểu initially meant "người gánh thuê ('hired porter using carrying pole')" and presents an unsourced viewpoint that đểu nowadays means "caddish" because poorly-educated porters often dealt unfairly with one another and competed against each other for customers by means of cheating and violence.
Pronunciation
Adjective
đểu • (搗, 𢞬)
- (derogatory) ill-bred; unmannerly; caddish
Derived terms
References
- ^ J.F.M. Génibrel (1898) “Đểu”, in Dictionnaire Annamite-Français, page 211
- ^ Vương Trung Hiếu (2021) “Lắt léo chữ nghĩa: ‘Đểu cáng’ và ‘cửu vạn’ ”, in Thanh Niên (in Vietnamese)