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Chinese
Etymology
Found as one of clans of Xianbei, as well as a surname of the king of Khotan.
According to Li-yul lung-bstan-pa (ལི་ཡུལ་ལུང་བསྟན་པ་), retrieved from the Dunhuang manuscripts and translated in Chinese as Yü-t'ien-kuo Hsüan-chi (于闐國懸記), this surname is transliteration of Sanskrit विजय (vijaya).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
尉遲
- a surname
Descendants