天竺
/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/
ÇINCE → TR
Tanım
•(archaic) India
Etimoloji
First recorded use in the Book of Later Han, compiled in the 5th century. Itself a transcription of Middle Persian hndwk' (Hindūg, “Indian”) (in turn, derived from hnd (Hind, “India”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢 (hiⁿdu-, “India”), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “river, stream; Indus”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *síndʰuṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”)) (Pulleyblank, 1962, Coblin, 1983),…