拂菻

Chinese

phonetic
trad. (拂菻) 拂 菻
simp. #(拂菻) 拂 菻

Etymology

Unknown. A review of the etymological proposals for this word has been written by Zhang Xushan, favoring a derivation from Sogdian [script needed] (frwm /⁠frūm⁠/), [script needed] (βrʾwm /⁠frūm, frōm⁠/, “Rome, Byzantium”) or Khwarezmian [script needed] (frōm), which are akin to Parthian frwm (Frōm), Middle Persian 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬 (Hrōm, “Rome; Byzantine”), and Old Armenian Հռովմ (Hṙovm), all of which are ultimately from Ancient Greek Ῥώμη (Rhṓmē), itself originally from Latin Roma, which would thus make it a doublet of 羅馬/罗马 (Luómǎ).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 拂 菻
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 滂 (2) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 物 (60) 侵 (139)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 敷勿切 力稔切
Baxter phjut limX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pʰɨut̚/ /liɪmX/
Pan
Wuyun
/pʰiut̚/ /limX/
Shao
Rongfen
/pʰiuət̚/ /ljemX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/pʰut̚/ /limX/
Li
Rong
/pʰiuət̚/ /liəmX/
Wang
Li
/pʰĭuət̚/ /lĭĕmX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pʰi̯uət̚/ /li̯əmX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fu lǐn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fat1 lam5

Proper noun

拂菻

  1. (obsolete) Byzantium

Synonyms

References

  • Gharib, B. (1995) “frwm”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 156a
  • Gharib, B. (1995) “βrʾwm”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 107b
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