Chinese edit

phonetic
trad. (波那娑)
simp. #(波那娑)
alternative forms 波那沙
婆那娑
半橠娑
半娜娑

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Sanskrit पनस (panasa, breadfruit; jackfruit), पणस (paṇasa, jackfruit), a Dravidian loan. Compare Pali panasa (breadfruit; jackfruit), Hindi पनस (panas, jackfruit), Marathi फणस (phaṇas, jackfruit), Telugu పనస (panasa, jackfruit), Tamil பலா (palā, jackfruit).

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/3 1/2
Initial () (1) (8) (16)
Final () (95) (94) (94)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open Open
Division () I I I
Fanqie
Baxter pa na sa
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/puɑ/ /nɑ/ /sɑ/
Pan
Wuyun
/puɑ/ /nɑ/ /sɑ/
Shao
Rongfen
/puɑ/ /nɑ/ /sɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/pwa/ /na/ /sa/
Li
Rong
/puɑ/ /nɑ/ /sɑ/
Wang
Li
/puɑ/ /nɑ/ /sɑ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/puɑ/ /nɑ/ /sɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
nuó suō
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
bo1 no4 so1

Noun edit

波那娑

  1. (archaic) jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus)

Synonyms edit