thất nữ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 室女, composed of 室 (“house”) and 女 (“female”)

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰət̚˧˦ nɨ˦ˀ˥]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰək̚˦˧˥ nɨ˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʰək̚˦˥ nɨ˨˩˦]

Noun

thất nữ

unmarried female virgin [1]

See also

Thất Nữ
thụ thất

References

“室”, in Từ điển Hán Nôm [Sino-Vietnamese Dictionary], section Từ điển Thiều Chửu [reprinted from Thieu Chuu, 1942, →OCLC], line 2

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