ngài

See also: ngai, Ngai, ngáí, ngãi, and ngại

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ŋaːj˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ŋaːj˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ŋaːj˨˩]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *ŋaːj, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *(m)ŋaaj (“human being; person”); cognate with Muong ngài.

Noun

ngài (𠊚, 𠊛, 𠏥)

(Nghệ An dialect, Hà Tĩnh dialect) human
Mr.; Sir

Related terms

Etymology 2

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 蛾 (“moth”; SV: nga).

Noun

(classifier con) ngài

moth

Synonyms

bướm đêm

See also

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