摩揭陀

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Chinese

phonetic
trad. (摩揭陀)
simp. #(摩揭陀)

Etymology

From Sanskrit मगध (magadha, Magadha, name of the country), मागध (māgadha, adjective).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/6 6/6 1/1
Initial () (4) (28) (28) (7)
Final () (95) (67) (83) (94)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open Open Open
Division () I III III I
Fanqie
Baxter ma kjot kjet da
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/muɑ/ /kɨɐt̚/ /kˠiᴇt̚/ /dɑ/
Pan
Wuyun
/muɑ/ /kiɐt̚/ /kᵚiɛt̚/ /dɑ/
Shao
Rongfen
/muɑ/ /kiɐt̚/ /kiæt̚/ /dɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/mwa/ /kɨat̚/ /kiat̚/ /da/
Li
Rong
/muɑ/ /kiɐt̚/ /kjɛt̚/ /dɑ/
Wang
Li
/muɑ/ /kĭɐt̚/ /kĭɛt̚/ /dɑ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/muɑ/ /kɨ̯ɐt̚/ /ki̯ɛt̚/ /dʱɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jie jie tuó
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mo4 git3 git3 to4

Proper noun

摩揭陀

  1. (history) Magadha (a historical country in India)