密陀僧

Chinese

FWOTD – 18 September 2016
monk
simp. and trad.
(密陀僧)
密陀 僧
alternative forms 蜜陀僧
沒多僧/没多僧
彌陀僧/弥陀僧
蜜陀曾

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian مردار سنگ‎ (mordâr-sang, “dross of lead; protoxide of lead; litharge”), compound of مردار‎ (mordâr, “dead, unclean, impure”) and سنگ‎ (sang, “stone”).

Compare Urdu مرداسنگ‎ (murdā-sang) (colloquial), Urdu مردارسنگ‎ (murdār-sang, “litharge”), Hindi मुरदासंख (murdāsaṅkh, “litharge; yellow pigment”), Sanskrit मोदारशृङ्ग (modāraśṛṅga, “litharge”).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 密 陀 僧
Reading # 1/1 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4) 定 (7) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 眞 (49) 歌 (94) 登 (129)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division (等) III I I
Fanqie 美畢切 徒河切 蘇增切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mˠiɪt̚/ /dɑ/ /səŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/mᵚit̚/ /dɑ/ /səŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/miet̚/ /dɑ/ /səŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/mjit̚/ /da/ /səŋ/
Li
Rong
/mjĕt̚/ /dɑ/ /səŋ/
Wang
Li
/mĭĕt̚/ /dɑ/ /səŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mi̯ĕt̚/ /dʱɑ/ /səŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
mì tuó sēng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mat6 to4 sang1

Noun

密陀僧

  1. (mineralogy, traditional Chinese medicine) litharge; lithargyrum; lead monoxide
    密陀僧,《本經》不載所出州土。注云出波斯國。今嶺南、閩中銀銅冶處亦有之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
    密陀僧,《本经》不载所出州土。注云出波斯国。今岭南、闽中银铜冶处亦有之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
    From: Tang Shenwei, Zhenglei Bencao [a TCM compendium], ca. 1082–1098.
    Mìtuósēng, “Běnjīng” bù zǎi suǒ chū zhōutǔ. Zhù yún chū Bōsīguó. Jīn Lǐngnán, Mǐnzhōng yíntóng yěchù yì yǒu zhī. [Pinyin]
    Mituoseng: Benjing [a TCM compendium] did not record places (in China) where this was found, and the annotation therein considers its place of origin as Persia. Nowadays, it is found in Lingnan [Southern China] and Central Fujian, at the site of silver and copper smelting.

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (密陀僧):
  • → Japanese: 密陀僧(みつだそう) (mitsudasō)
  • → Korean: 밀타승(密陀僧) (miltaseung)
  • → Vietnamese: mật đà tăng (密陀僧)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
密 陀 僧
みつ
Grade: 6
だ
Jinmeiyō
そう
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
密陀僧 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • On’yomi
    • (Tokyo) みつだ​そー [mìtsúdáꜜsòò] (Nakadaka – [3])
    • IPA(key): [mʲit͡sɨᵝda̠so̞ː]

Noun

密(みつ)陀(だ)僧(そう) • (mitsudasō) 

  1. litharge, lead monoxide

Synonyms

  • 酸(さん)化(か)鉛(なまり) (sankanamari, “lead monoxide”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
密陀僧

Noun

密陀僧 • (miltaseung) (hangeul 밀타승)

  1. Hanja form? of 밀타승 (“litharge”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
密陀僧

Noun

密陀僧

  1. chữ Hán form of mật đà tăng (“litharge”).
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