焉耆
Chinese edit
phonetic | |||
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trad. (焉耆) | 焉 | 耆 | |
simp. #(焉耆) | 焉 | 耆 |
Etymology edit
Possibly from Proto-Tocharian *Ārke-, name of the historical capital city of the Agneans, which gave rise to the endonym in Tocharian A Ārśi (Adams, 2013; see also Ji, 1998v4). First attested in the Book of Han. In Sanskrit sources, the city's name is conflated with अग्नि (agni, “fire”), which was likely unrelated.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
焉耆
- (historical) Karasahr
- (~回族自治縣, ~縣) Yanqi Hui Autonomous County (a county of Xinjiang, China)
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