康居
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Chinese[edit]
peaceful; spongy (of radishes) | reside | ||
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trad. (康居) | 康 | 居 | |
simp. #(康居) | 康 | 居 |
Etymology[edit]
Unclear. Pulleyblank (1962) connects this to Tocharian A kāṅka (“stone (possibly)”) while Ünal (2022) reconstructs underlying form *kaŋk-, an Iranian word meaning "stone" and comparable to Pashto [script needed] (kā́ṇay, “stone”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄤ ㄐㄩ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Kangjyu
- Wade–Giles: Kʻang1-chü1
- Yale: Kāng-jyū
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Kangjiu
- Palladius: Канцзюй (Kanczjuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Proper noun[edit]
康居
- (historical) Kangju (a historical polity in the West), today identified as Sogdiana
Synonyms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Ünal, Orçun (2022). "On *p- and Other Proto-Turkic Consonants" Sino-Platonic Papers, 325, p. 45-46 of 3 - 106