Nôm

See also: nôm

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 南 (“south”), likely based on the form from the South Central dialects (most notably in the name of province of Quảng Nam, known locally as Quảng Nôm). Like nam/Nam, Nôm has been used to refer to Vietnam as opposed to Bắc (“North”) which is China.

See also nôm, whence the adjective nôm na (“basically, in layman's terms”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [nom˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [nom˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [nom˧˧]

Adjective

Nôm • (喃)

(of a written record) written in Vietnamese using chữ Nôm
bà chúa thơ Nôm ― Queen of Nôm poetry