康居
Chinese edit
peaceful; spongy (of radishes) | reside | ||
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trad. (康居) | 康 | 居 | |
simp. #(康居) | 康 | 居 |
Etymology edit
Unclear. Pulleyblank (1962) connects this to Tocharian A kāṅka (“stone (possibly)”) while Ünal (2022) reconstructs underlying form *kaŋk-, an Iranian word meaning "stone" and comparable to Pashto [script needed] (kā́ṇay, “stone”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
康居
- (historical) Kangju (a historical polity in the West), today identified as Sogdiana
Synonyms edit
References edit
- ^ Ünal, Orçun (2022). "On *p- and Other Proto-Turkic Consonants" Sino-Platonic Papers, 325, p. 45-46 of 3 - 106