閼氏
Chinese
| phonetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (閼氏) | 閼 | 氏 | |
| simp. (阏氏) | 阏 | 氏 | |
| alternative forms | 閼氐/阏氐 | ||
Etymology
Borrowed from Xiongnu *ɣāt-tə̄j (“wife of the chanyu”).[1]
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin: yānzhī
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄢ ㄓ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yanjhih
- Wade–Giles: yen1-chih1
- Yale: yān-jr̄
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ianjy
- Palladius: яньчжи (janʹčži)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
- Homophones:
焉知
胭脂
閼氏 / 阏氏
- (Standard Chinese)
- Middle Chinese: 'en|'jen tsye
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*qran|qeːn kje/
Noun
閼氏
References
- ^ Dybo, Anna (2014), “Early contacts of Turks and problems of Proto-Turkic reconstruction”, in Tatarica[1], volume 2, page 9