tăng già

== Vietnamese == === Alternative forms === tăng-già === Etymology === Sino-Vietnamese word from 僧伽, from Literary Chinese 僧伽, transcribed from Sanskrit संघ (saṃgha). === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [taŋ˧˧ zaː˨˩] (Huế) IPA(key): [taŋ˧˧ jaː˦˩] (Saigon) IPA(key): [taŋ˧˧ jaː˨˩] === Noun === tăng già (Buddhism) a sangha (community of all followers of the Buddha) Synonym: tăng đoàn ==== Usage notes ==== tăng già seems to emphasize the "community" sense of sangha (similarly to English Christendom), while giáo hội emphasizes the "denomination" sense.