Chinese edit

phonetic
simp. and trad.
(僧伽)
 
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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Sanskrit संघ (saṃgha, collection, multitude, crowd, community, association) or Pali sangha. (Dassanayake, 2021) Tibetan equivalent is དགེ་འདུན (dge 'dun).

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (16) (30)
Final () (129) (96)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter song gja
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/səŋ/ /ɡɨɑ/
Pan
Wuyun
/səŋ/ /ɡiɑ/
Shao
Rongfen
/səŋ/ /ɡiɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/səŋ/ /gɨa/
Li
Rong
/səŋ/ /ɡiɑ/
Wang
Li
/səŋ/ /ɡǐɑ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/səŋ/ /gi̯ɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
sēng qié
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sang1 ke4

Noun edit

僧伽

  1. (Buddhism) sangha; Buddhist community of monks, nuns, novices and laity

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (僧伽):