摩羅

Chinese

Etymology 1

		phonetic
trad. (摩羅)		摩	羅
simp. (摩罗)		摩	罗
anagram		羅摩／罗摩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): móluó

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mo¹ lo⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: móluó
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: móluó
    • Wade–Giles: mo²-lo²
    • Yale: mwó-lwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moluo
    • Palladius: моло (molo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mo¹ lo⁴
    • Yale: mō lòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mo¹ lo⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mo¹ lo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔː⁵⁵ lɔː²¹/

Noun

摩羅

1. Alternative name for 百合 (bǎihé, “lily”).

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 摩羅 – see 魔羅 (“mara”). (This term is a variant form of 魔羅).

Etymology 3

		phonetic
trad. (摩羅)		摩	羅
simp. (摩罗)		摩	罗
anagram		羅摩／罗摩

Clipping of 室獸摩羅 (MC syit syuwH ma la), from Sanskrit शिशुमार (śiśumāra, “child-killer; alligator”). Related to 魔羅 (MC ma la, “mara”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): móluó

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mo¹ lo⁴, mo⁴ lo⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: móluó
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: móluó
    • Wade–Giles: mo²-lo²
    • Yale: mwó-lwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moluo
    • Palladius: моло (molo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mo¹ lo⁴, mo⁴ lo⁴
    • Yale: mō lòh, mòh lòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mo¹ lo⁴, mo⁴ lo⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mo¹ lo⁴, mo⁴ lo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔː⁵⁵ lɔː²¹/, /mɔː²¹ lɔː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ma la

Rime
Character	摩	羅
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	莫婆切	魯何切
Baxter	ma	la
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muɑ/	/lɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/muɑ/	/lɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/muɑ/	/lɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwa/	/la/
Li Rong	/muɑ/	/lɑ/
Wang Li	/muɑ/	/lɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/muɑ/	/lɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mó	luó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mo4	lo4

Noun

摩羅

1. (Buddhism, obsolete) alligator

Etymology 4

		phonetic
trad. (摩羅)		摩	羅
simp. (摩罗)		摩	罗
alternative forms		嚤囉／嚤啰 摩囉／摩啰
anagram		羅摩／罗摩

Unknown; possibly transcription of a word in an Indian language.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): móluó

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mo¹ lo¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: móluó
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: móluó
    • Wade–Giles: mo²-lo²
    • Yale: mwó-lwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moluo
    • Palladius: моло (molo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mo¹ lo¹
    • Yale: mō lō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mo¹ lo¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mo¹ lo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔː⁵⁵ lɔː⁵⁵/

Noun

摩羅

1. (chiefly Cantonese, often derogatory) Indian people

Derived terms

• 摩囉差／摩啰差
• 摩羅街／摩罗街

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
摩	羅
ま Grade: S	ら Grade: S
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 摩羅 – see the following entry.

【魔羅まら】 [noun] [from early 800s] (Buddhism) Mara: a Buddhist demon that personifies the "death" of spiritual life [noun] [from early 800s] (anatomy) penis

(This term, 摩羅, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Kikai

Kanji in this term
摩	羅
ま Grade: S	ら Grade: S
on’yomi

Noun

摩(ま)羅(ら) (mara) 

1. Alternative form of 魔羅

Kunigami

Kanji in this term
摩	羅
ま Grade: S	らー Grade: S
on’yomi

Noun

摩(ま)羅(らー) (marā) 

1. Alternative form of 魔羅

Miyako

Kanji in this term
摩	羅
ま Grade: S	ら Grade: S
on’yomi

Noun

摩(ま)羅(ら) (mara) 

1. Alternative form of 魔羅

Northern Amami-Oshima

Kanji in this term
摩	羅
ま Grade: S	ら Grade: S
on’yomi

Noun

摩(ま)羅(ら) (mara) 

1. Alternative form of 魔羅

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
摩	羅
ま Grade: S	ら Grade: S
on’yomi

Noun

摩(ま)羅(ら) (mara) 

1. Alternative form of 魔羅

Yaeyama

Kanji in this term
摩	羅
ま Grade: S	ら Grade: S
on’yomi

Noun

摩(ま)羅(ら) (mara) 

1. Alternative form of 魔羅

Yonaguni

Kanji in this term
摩	羅
ま Grade: S	ら Grade: S
on’yomi

Noun

摩(ま)羅(ら) (mara) 

1. Alternative form of 魔羅

Yoron

Kanji in this term
摩	羅
ま Grade: S	ら Grade: S
on’yomi

Noun

摩(ま)羅(ら) (mara) 

1. Alternative form of 魔羅