奄蔡
Chinese
suddenly; to embrace; castrate suddenly; to embrace; castrate; to delay | surname | ||
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trad. (奄蔡) | 奄 | 蔡 | |
simp. #(奄蔡) | 奄 | 蔡 |
Etymology
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Schuessler (2009) reconstructs Later Han Chinese pronunciation *ʔɨamB-sɑC and compares this to Latin transcription Abzoae found in Pliny the Elder's Natural History VI, 38; Abzoae has been compared to 闔蘇 (OC *ĥa̱p-sa̱ĥ) (Hulsewé, 1979), another name of 奄蔡, according to Yan Shigu (Yu, 1998).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
奄蔡
- Alans (Iranian nomadic pastoral people of antiquity)