phát

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [faːt̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [faːk̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [faːk̚˦˥]

• Audio (Hà Nội):

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 發 (“to issue, to dispatch, to send out, to emit”).

phát

1. to distribute, to dispense, to issue, to deliver

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *cpaat (“to pull sharp instrument across”). Cognates includes Khmer ប៉ាត (paat, “to trim down, filed”), Mon သွာတ် (“to shred with a sharp instrument”), Stieng paːt (“to cut oneself on a sharp instrument”).

phát

1. to slash grass or weeds