胡荽

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Chinese

barbarian; recklessly; surname
trad. (胡荽)
simp. #(胡荽)
alternative forms 胡荾
葫荽

Etymology

Mentioned by Zhang Hua 張華 (232–300), Shi Chong 石崇 (249–300), and Lu Ji 陸機 (261–303).

It is a phono-semantic matching of an Iranian form *koswi, *košwi, *gošwi (Laufer, 1967). Compare Middle Persian gšnyc (gišnīz, coriander), kšnyc (kišnīz), whence Modern Persian گشنیز (gešniz, coriander). Also compare Sanskrit कुस्तुम्बरी (kustumbarī).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (33) (16)
Final () (23) (16)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter hu swij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦuo/ /siuɪ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦuo/ /sʷi/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣo/ /sjuɪ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦɔ/ /swi/
Li
Rong
/ɣo/ /sui/
Wang
Li
/ɣu/ /swi/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ɣuo/ /swi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
suī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wu4 seoi1

Noun

胡荽

  1. coriander

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