瑪瑙
See also: 玛瑙
Chinese
trad. (瑪瑙) | 瑪 | 瑙 | |
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simp. (玛瑙) | 玛 | 瑙 | |
alternative forms | 碼碯/码碯 碼瑙/码瑙 馬瑙/马瑙 馬腦/马脑 |
Etymology
From earlier 馬腦 (mǎnǎo, “horse's brain”), as a (probably mistranslated) calque of Sanskrit अश्मगर्भ (aśmagarbha, “gemstone”, literally “stone + [womb, fetus, or kernel]”) from translated Buddhist texts. Could be a mistranslation, since “horse” in Sanskrit is अश्व (aśva).
Compare Tibetan རྟ་ཀླད (rta klad, “agate”, literally “horse + brain”), said to be a Chinese calque, which is later semantically regularised into རྡོ་ཀླད (rdo klad, “agate”, literally “stone + brain”).
Pronunciation
Descendants
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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瑪 | 瑙 |
め Hyōgaiji |
のう Hyōgaiji |
goon |
Alternative spelling |
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馬瑙 (rare) |
Etymology
/menau/ → /menɔː/ → /menoː/
First attested in the Nihon Shoki (720 CE).[1]
From Middle Chinese 瑪瑙 (MC mˠaX nɑuX).
Pronunciation
Derived terms
- 苔瑪瑙 (koke menō, “moss agate”)
- 縞瑪瑙 (shima-menō, “onyx, sardonyx”)
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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