đất đai

Vietnamese

Etymology

đất (“earth; land”) +‎ đai (“(archaic) land”), the latter related to Khmer ដី (dəy, “earth; land”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗət̚˧˦ ʔɗaːj˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗək̚˦˧˥ ʔɗaːj˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɗək̚˦˥ ʔɗaːj˧˧]

Noun

đất đai

land; territory (generally speaking)

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