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Chinese
Etymology
Phonetic borrowing from Sanskrit चण्डाल (caṇḍāla), Pali caṇḍāla. Chiefly attested in Buddhist literature.
Pronunciation
| Rime
|
| Character
|
旃
|
荼
|
羅
|
| Reading #
|
1/1
|
3/3
|
1/1
|
| Initial (聲)
|
章 (23)
|
澄 (11)
|
來 (37)
|
| Final (韻)
|
仙 (77)
|
麻 (98)
|
歌 (94)
|
| Tone (調)
|
Level (Ø)
|
Level (Ø)
|
Level (Ø)
|
| Openness (開合)
|
Open
|
Open
|
Open
|
| Division (等)
|
III
|
II
|
I
|
| Fanqie
|
諸延切
|
宅加切
|
魯何切
|
| Baxter
|
tsyen
|
drae
|
la
|
| Reconstructions
|
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
|
/t͡ɕiᴇn/
|
/ɖˠa/
|
/lɑ/
|
Pan
Wuyun
|
/t͡ɕiɛn/
|
/ɖᵚa/
|
/lɑ/
|
Shao
Rongfen
|
/t͡ɕjæn/
|
/ȡa/
|
/lɑ/
|
Edwin
Pulleyblank
|
/cian/
|
/ɖaɨ/
|
/la/
|
Li
Rong
|
/t͡ɕiɛn/
|
/ȡa/
|
/lɑ/
|
Wang
Li
|
/t͡ɕĭɛn/
|
/ȡa/
|
/lɑ/
|
Bernhard
Karlgren
|
/t͡ɕi̯ɛn/
|
/ȡʱa/
|
/lɑ/
|
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
|
zhān
|
chá
|
luó
|
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
|
zin1
|
caa4
|
lo4
|
Noun
旃荼羅
- (historical, ancient India) outcast; caṇḍāla (person an ostracised social stratum)