層檀

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (層檀)		層	檀
simp. (层檀)		层	檀

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān), the title of the Seljuk rulers, perhaps through Persian.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Céngtán

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄥˊ ㄊㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Céngtán
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄥˊ ㄊㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Céngtán
    • Wade–Giles: Tsʻêng²-tʻan²
    • Yale: Tséng-tán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tserngtarn
    • Palladius: Цэнтань (Cɛntanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɤŋ³⁵ tʰän³⁵/

Proper noun

層檀

1. (obsolete, historical) the Seljuk Empire [11th and 12th centuries]