phát

See also: phat and phật

Vietnamese

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [faːt̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [faːk̚˦˧˥]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [faːk̚˦˥]
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Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 發 (“to issue, to dispatch, to send out, to emit”).

Verb

phát

  1. to distribute, to dispense, to issue, to deliver
Derived terms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *cpaat (“to pull sharp instrument across”). Cognates includes Khmer ប៉ាត (paat, “to trim down, filed”), Mon သွာတ် (“to shred with a sharp instrument”), Stieng paːt (“to cut oneself on a sharp instrument”).

Verb

phát

  1. to slash grass or weeds
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