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Chinese
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sand; gravel; granule
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simp. and trad.
(硇砂)
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硇
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砂
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Etymology
Phono-semantic matching of Persian نشادر (nošâdor, nošâder, “sal ammoniac”); compare also Arabic نُشادِر (nušādir), نُوشادِر (nūšādir), Uyghur نۆشۈدۈر (nöshüdür), Russian нашаты́рь (našatýrʹ), Sanskrit नवसार (navasāra), नवसादर (navasādara).
In the Compendium of Materia Medica, botanist Li Shizhen erroneously explained the 硇 (náo) as equivalent to 惱 (nǎo, “annoyed”), in the sense that the substance would supposedly cause one to be mentally “perturbed” (硇亂) when ingested.
Pronunciation
Noun
硇砂
- (traditional Chinese medicine) sal ammoniac
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Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
硇砂 • (dōsha) ←だうしや (dausya)?
- (archaic) ammonium chloride
- Synonym: 塩化アンモニウム (enka anmoniumu)
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