層檀

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Chinese

phonetic
trad. (層檀)
simp. (层檀)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān), the title of the Seljuk rulers, perhaps through Persian.

Pronunciation


Proper noun

層檀

  1. (obsolete, historical) the Seljuk Empire