/li̯oʊ̯³⁵ li³⁵/ÇINCE → TR
Tanım
•a kind of blue and translucent natural precious stone, probably lapis lazuli · coloured glaze similar to this kind of stone · synonym of 玻璃 (“glass”)
Etimoloji
From an unidentified language in the Western Regions, perhaps a Middle Indo-Aryan language, e.g. Gandhari 𐨬𐨅𐨜𐨂𐨪𐨁𐨩 (veḍuriya), a form attested in as a component in a proper noun. Compare Pali veḷuriya (“precious stone, maybe lapis lazuli”), Sanskrit वैडूर्य (vaiḍūrya, “cat's-eye, beryl”), whence Chinese 吠瑠璃 (fèiliúlí). The Middle Chinese reflex may have been subjected to hyperthesis with the ḍ-…