Etymology

doi moi

Today it means: A program of political and economic reforms initiated in Vietnam from 1986. Full definition →

Vietnamese đổi mới
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  1. Vietnamese · borrowed fromđổi mới“reform”
  2. English todaydoi moi

An unadapted borrowing from Vietnamese đổi mới (“reform”).

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