層檀

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (層檀)		層	檀
simp. (层檀)		层	檀

(This form in the hanzi box is uncreated: "层檀".)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān), the title of the Seljuk rulers, perhaps through Persian.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Céngtán

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄥˊ ㄊㄢˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Céngtán
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄥˊ ㄊㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Céngtán
  - Wade–Giles: Tsʻêng²-tʻan²
  - Yale: Tséng-tán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tserngtarn
  - Palladius: Цэнтань (Cɛntanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɤŋ³⁵ tʰän³⁵/

Proper noun

層檀

(obsolete, historical) the Seljuk Empire [11th and 12th centuries]

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