Than Đá

See also: than đá

Vietnamese

Etymology

than (“coal”) +‎ đá (“rock”), calque of Chinese 石炭 (thạch thán, “coal”), from Chinese 石炭紀 (Thạch Thán kỉ).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰaːn˧˧ ʔɗaː˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰaːŋ˧˧ ʔɗaː˨˩˦]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʰaːŋ˧˧ ʔɗaː˦˥]
Homophone: than đá

Proper noun

(geology, dated) Synonym of Các-bon (“Carboniferous”)

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