叵羅

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (叵羅)		叵	羅
simp. (叵罗)		叵	罗
alternative forms		頗羅／颇罗 破羅／破罗 不落

Etymology

A medieval loanword of Iranian origin. Yu (2012) cites Persian پدرود (padrôd, “bowl?”) and Sogdian [script needed] (patrōδ) as potential sources. Also compare Khotanese phalau (“flat dish; bowl”), Hindi प्याला (pyālā, “cup”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pǒluó

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄛˇ ㄌㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): po² lo⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pǒluó
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˇ ㄌㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pǒluó
    • Wade–Giles: pʻo³-lo²
    • Yale: pwǒ-lwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pooluo
    • Palladius: поло (polo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: po² lo⁴
    • Yale: pó lòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: po² lo⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: po² lo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔː³⁵ lɔː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: phaX la

Rime
Character	叵	羅
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	普火切	魯何切
Baxter	phaX	la
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰuɑX/	/lɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰuɑX/	/lɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰuɑX/	/lɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰwaX/	/la/
Li Rong	/pʰuɑX/	/lɑ/
Wang Li	/pʰuɑX/	/lɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰuɑX/	/lɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pǒ	luó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	po2	lo4

Noun

叵羅

1. (literary, historical) shallow, wide-mouthed drinking vessel from the Western Regions; (in general) alcohol cup

Derived terms

• 金叵羅／金叵罗 (jīnpǒluó)

 

See also

• 笸籮／笸箩 (pǒluo)