ngơ ngẩn

== Vietnamese == === Etymology === Compound of ngơ (“to ignore, overlook”) +‎ ngẩn (“stunned, dazed”). === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋəː˧˧ ŋən˧˩] (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋəː˧˧ ŋəŋ˧˨] (Saigon) IPA(key): [ŋəː˧˧ ŋəŋ˨˩˦] === Adjective === ngơ ngẩn • (魚謹, 𢠐恨, 𤹿痕, 𤹿艮) (AABB reduplication ngơ ngơ ngẩn ngẩn) lost in thought, dreamy, spellbound Synonym: ngẩn ngơ (Can we add an example for this sense?) === Further reading === “ngơ ngẩn”, in Soha Tra Từ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Vietnam Communications Corporation.