bồ tát

== Vietnamese == === Alternative forms === bồ-tát, Bồ Tát, Bồ-tát === Etymology === Sino-Vietnamese word from 菩薩, from Chinese 菩薩 / 菩萨 (púsà). === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓo˨˩ taːt̚˧˦] (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓow˦˩ taːk̚˦˧˥] (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓow˨˩ taːk̚˦˥] Homophone: Bồ Tát === Noun === bồ tát a bodhisattva ==== Usage notes ==== As a regular Sino-Vietnamese word, the unhyphenated spelling is expected as hyphenated spellings are outdated for all native and Sino-Vietnamese words.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. ==== Derived terms ====