bát-nhã

== Vietnamese == === Alternative forms === bát nhã === Etymology === Sino-Vietnamese word from 般若, from Chinese 般若 (bōrě), from Pali paññā, from Sanskrit प्रज्ञा (prajñā). This term was also spelled 盤若 in some Nôm texts. It is not clear why 般 (MC pan) (SV: ban) (or 盤 (MC ban) (SV: bàn)) here is read with bát. It might be an attempt at Sanskritisation, since Sanskrit has -d͡ʑ- corresponding to Vietnamese -t- here. === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːt̚˧˦ ɲaː˦ˀ˥] (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːk̚˦˧˥ ɲaː˧˨] (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːk̚˦˥ ɲaː˨˩˦] Phonetic spelling: bát nhã === Noun === bát-nhã (Buddhism) prajñā; Buddhist transcendental wisdom ==== Derived terms ====