How do you say “patriarch” in Vietnamese?

“Patriarch” in Vietnamese is gia trưởng (despotic).

Vietnamese words for “patriarch”

• gia trưởngListenadjective
  Hanoi [zaː˧˧ t͡ɕɨəŋ˧˩] · Saigon [jaː˧˧ ʈɨəŋ˨˩˦]gia level trưởng dipping

  despotic; patriarchal

  for “patriarch” meaning: A male leader of a family, tribe or ethnic group, especially one of the twelve sons of Jacob (considered to have created the twelve tribes of Israel) or (in plural) Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

Related Vietnamese words

• tộc trưởngListennoun

  clan elder; head of a clan

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