達羅毗荼

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (達羅毗荼)		達	羅	毗	荼
simp. (达罗毗荼)		达	罗	毗	荼
alternative forms		達羅毘荼／达罗毗荼

Etymology

From Sanskrit द्राविड (drāviḍa). Attested in the Great Tang Records on the Western Regions by Xuanzang.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dáluópìtú

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄆㄧˋ ㄊㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daat⁶ lo⁴ bei⁶ tou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dáluópìtú
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄆㄧˋ ㄊㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dáluópìtú
    • Wade–Giles: ta²-lo²-pʻi⁴-tʻu²
    • Yale: dá-lwó-pì-tú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: darluopihtwu
    • Palladius: далопиту (dalopitu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä³⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵ pʰi⁵¹ tʰu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daat⁶ lo⁴ bei⁶ tou⁴
    • Yale: daaht lòh beih tòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daat⁹ lo⁴ bei⁶ tou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dad⁶ lo⁴ béi⁶ tou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːt̚² lɔː²¹ pei̯²² tʰou̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dat la bjij drae

Rime
Character	達	羅	毗	荼
Reading #	2/2	1/1	1/1	3/3
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	來 (37)	並 (3)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	曷 (63)	歌 (94)	脂 (15)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	III	II
Fanqie	唐割切	魯何切	房脂切	宅加切
Baxter	dat	la	bjij	drae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑt̚/	/lɑ/	/biɪ/	/ɖˠa/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑt̚/	/lɑ/	/bi/	/ɖᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑt̚/	/lɑ/	/bjɪ/	/ȡa/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dat̚/	/la/	/bi/	/ɖaɨ/
Li Rong	/dɑt̚/	/lɑ/	/bi/	/ȡa/
Wang Li	/dɑt̚/	/lɑ/	/bi/	/ȡa/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱɑt̚/	/lɑ/	/bʱi/	/ȡʱa/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dá	luó	pí	chá
Expected Cantonese Reflex	daat6	lo4	pei4	caa4

Adjective

達羅毗荼

1. Dravidian

Synonyms

• 德拉維達／德拉维达 (délāwéidá)