大宛
Meanings
CC-CEDICT
- 1.ancient state of central Asia
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Wiktionary
- 1.Dayuan (an ancient country in Central Asia)
- 2.fine horse (from Dayuan)
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Etymology
Pulleyblank (1966, pp. 22, 27) notices that the "old" suggestion based on the name of Greeks – cf. Ancient Greek Ἴων (Íōn, “Ionian”), Sanskrit यवन (yavana) – had been unsatisfactory, an observation also acknowledged by Yu (1998, p. 68); see references therein. Possible Indo-Iranian origin and cognacy with the Ancient Greek word-forms Τόχαροι (Tókharoi) or Τάχοροι (Tákhoroi) have been suggested; see etymologies thereof.
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Components
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