bát niết bàn

== Vietnamese == === Alternative spellings === bát-niết-bàn === Etymology === Sino-Vietnamese word from 般涅槃 === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːt̚˧˦ niət̚˧˦ ʔɓaːn˨˩] (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːk̚˦˧˥ niək̚˦˧˥ ʔɓaːŋ˦˩] (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːk̚˦˥ niək̚˦˥ ʔɓaːŋ˨˩] === Noun === bát niết bàn (Buddhism) parinirvana (nirvana-after-death) ==== Usage notes ==== As a regular Sino-Vietnamese word, the unhyphenated spelling is expected as hyphenated spellings are outdated for all native and Sino-Vietnamese words. The hyphenated spelling is also used rather inconsistently even in Buddhist sources.