瑪瑙
Chinese edit
trad. (瑪瑙) | 瑪 | 瑙 | |
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simp. (玛瑙) | 玛 | 瑙 | |
nonstandard simp. | 玛𰡻 | ||
alternative forms | 碼碯/码碯 碼瑙/码瑙 馬瑙/马瑙 馬腦/马脑 |
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
瑪瑙
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Japanese edit
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 edit
/menau/ → /menɔː/ → /menoː/
First attested in the Nihon Shoki (720 CE).[1]
From Middle Chinese 瑪瑙 (MC maeX nawX).
Pronunciation edit
- (Tokyo) めのー [méꜜnòò] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
- (Tokyo) めのー [mènóó] (Heiban – [0])[2]
- (Tokyo) めのー [mènóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [2])[2]
- IPA(key): [me̞no̞ː]
Noun edit
瑪瑙 or 瑪瑙 • (menō) ←めなう (menau) or メナウ (menau)?
- (mineralogy) an agate
Derived terms edit
- 苔瑪瑙 (koke menō, “moss agate”)
- 縞瑪瑙 (shima-menō, “onyx, sardonyx”)
Proper noun edit
- a female given name
References edit
Korean edit
Hanja in this term | |
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瑪 | 瑙 |
Noun edit
Vietnamese edit
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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瑪 | 瑙 |
Noun edit
瑪瑙