瑪瑙

See also: 玛瑙

Chinese

trad. (瑪瑙)
simp. (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



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (4) (8)
Final () (98) (89)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () II I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mˠaX/ /nɑuX/
Pan
Wuyun
/mᵚaX/ /nɑuX/
Shao
Rongfen
/maX/ /nɑuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/maɨX/ /nawX/
Li
Rong
/maX/ /nɑuX/
Wang
Li
/maX/ /nɑuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/maX/ /nɑuX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
nǎo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
maa5 nou5
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 8720 9372
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*mraːʔ/ /*nuːʔ/
Notes

Noun

瑪瑙

  1. (mineralogy) agate

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (瑪瑙):
  • Japanese: ()(のう) (menō)
  • Korean: 마노(瑪瑙) (mano)
  • Vietnamese: mã não (瑪瑙)

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Hyōgaiji
のう
Hyōgaiji
goon
Alternative spelling
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

Noun

()(のう) (menō) めなう (menau)?

  1. (mineralogy) an agate

Derived terms

Proper noun

()(のう) (Menō) めなう (Menau)?

  1. a female given name

References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

瑪瑙 (mano) (hangeul 마노)

  1. Hanja form? of 마노 (agate).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term

Noun

瑪瑙

  1. chữ Hán form of mã não (agate).
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