ao dai
/ˈaʊ ˈdaɪ/
ao dai noun: a two panelled dress, worn by Vietnamese women as a national costume.
Noun
ao dai (plural ao dais)
- A two panelled dress, worn by Vietnamese women as a national costume.
- While the ao dai first took off in Tonkin, southern women in Saigon were the ones to make it famous and those Vietnamese who were overseas after 1975 ensured that it remained a symbol of national elegance until it made a comeback in post-communist Vietnam.2016, Christopher Goscha, The Penguin History of Modern Vietnam, Penguin, published 2017, page 382
ao dai meaning in Bengali and Vietnamese
ao dai in Bengali
- একটি দুই পাল্লার পোশাক
ao dai in Vietnamese
- dress
- áo dài
Forms of ao dai
| plural | ao dais |
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Origin of ao dai
Borrowed from Vietnamese áo dài.
Questions about ao dai
- What does ao dai mean?
- Ao dai means a two panelled dress, worn by Vietnamese women as a national costume.
- What is ao dai in Bengali?
- Ao dai in Bengali is একটি দুই পাল্লার পোশাক. See Ao dai meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is ao dai?
- Ao dai is a noun.
- How do you pronounce ao dai?
- Ao dai is pronounced /ˈaʊ ˈdaɪ/.
- What is the plural of ao dai?
- The plural of ao dai is ao dais.
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