達娑

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (達娑)		達	娑
simp. (达娑)		达	娑

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (tlsʾk' /⁠tarsāg⁠/, “Christian”, literally “(God) fearer”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dásuō

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˊ ㄙㄨㄛ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dásuō
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˊ ㄙㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dásuo
    • Wade–Giles: ta²-so¹
    • Yale: dá-swō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: darsuo
    • Palladius: дасо (daso)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä³⁵ su̯ɔ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: that|dat sa|saX

Rime
Character	達	達	娑	娑
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	定 (7)	心 (16)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	曷 (63)	曷 (63)	歌 (94)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	I	I
Fanqie	他達切	唐割切	素何切	蘇可切
Baxter	that	dat	sa	saX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰɑt̚/	/dɑt̚/	/sɑ/	/sɑX/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰɑt̚/	/dɑt̚/	/sɑ/	/sɑX/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɑt̚/	/dɑt̚/	/sɑ/	/sɑX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰat̚/	/dat̚/	/sa/	/saX/
Li Rong	/tʰɑt̚/	/dɑt̚/	/sɑ/	/sɑX/
Wang Li	/tʰɑt̚/	/dɑt̚/	/sɑ/	/sɑX/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰɑt̚/	/dʱɑt̚/	/sɑ/	/sɑX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ta	dá	suō	suǒ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	taat3	daat6	so1	so2

Noun

達娑

1. (Church of the East, historical) Christian.