烏弋山離
Chinese
editphonetic | |||||
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trad. (烏弋山離) | 烏 | 弋 | 山 | 離 | |
simp. (乌弋山离) | 乌 | 弋 | 山 | 离 |
Etymology
editFirst recorded in Chinese historiography in the Book of Han (《漢書·西域傳》) [2nd century]. Pulleyblank (1999) considers the derivation from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρεια (Alexándreia) "long accepted", connects it with one of the numerous settlements bearing the name in what is now modern Afghanistan, and further notices that the final character 離 (MC lje) would have corresponded to the level-tone (平聲) reading in Middle Chinese.
Doublet of 阿荔散, 亞歷山大/亚历山大 (Yàlìshāndà).
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄧˋ ㄕㄢ ㄌㄧˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Wuyìshanlí
- Wade–Giles: Wu1-i4-shan1-li2
- Yale: Wū-yì-shān-lí
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Uyihshanli
- Palladius: Уишаньли (Uišanʹli)
- Sinological IPA (key): /u⁵⁵ i⁵¹ ʂän⁵⁵ li³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: wu1 jik6 saan1 lei4
- Yale: wū yihk sāan lèih
- Cantonese Pinyin: wu1 jik9 saan1 lei4
- Guangdong Romanization: wu1 yig6 san1 léi4
- Sinological IPA (key): /wuː⁵⁵ jɪk̚² saːn⁵⁵ lei̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: 'u yik srean lje
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ʔ]ˤa|ʔˤa lək s-ŋrar [r]aj/
- (Zhengzhang): /*qaː lɯɡ sreːn rel/
Proper noun
edit烏弋山離
- (~國) (historical) Alexandria; Further details are uncertain. Possibilities include: (Yu, 1998)
- Alexandria Arion, near Herat
- Alexandria Arachosia, near Kandahar
- Alexandria Prophthasia, possibly related to modern Farah
- Alexandria in Opiana, near modern Ghazni
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