阿羅訶

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (阿羅訶)		阿	羅	訶
simp. (阿罗诃)		阿	罗	诃

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): āluóhē

  (Zhuyin): ㄚ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄏㄜ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: āluóhē
    • Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄏㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: aluóhe
    • Wade–Giles: a¹-lo²-ho¹
    • Yale: ā-lwó-hē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aluohe
    • Palladius: алохэ (aloxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵ xɤ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'a la xa

Rime
Character	阿	羅	訶
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	來 (37)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	歌 (94)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	I
Fanqie	烏何切	魯何切	虎何切
Baxter	'a	la	xa
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑ/	/lɑ/	/hɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑ/	/lɑ/	/hɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑ/	/lɑ/	/xɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔa/	/la/	/ha/
Li Rong	/ʔɑ/	/lɑ/	/xɑ/
Wang Li	/ɑ/	/lɑ/	/xɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔɑ/	/lɑ/	/xɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ē	luó	hē
Expected Cantonese Reflex	o1	lo4	ho1

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

阿羅訶

1. Alternative form of 阿羅漢／阿罗汉 (āluóhàn, “(Buddhism) arhat”)

Etymology 2

From Classical Syriac ܐܰܠܳܗܳܐ (ʾalāhā).

Proper noun

阿羅訶

1. (Church of the East, historical) Jehovah; God

Synonyms

Terms for YHWH; Jehovah; Yahweh in different branches of Christianity

Branch	Words edit
Protestant	耶和華
Roman Catholic	雅威
Church of the East	阿羅訶

References

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “阿羅訶” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].