身毒
/t͡ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵ tu³⁵/
ÇINCE → TR
Tanım
•India
Etimoloji
Transcription of the same borrowed from 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”)) as 天竺 (Tiānzhú). It is the oldest of the Chinese names for India, and occurs in Shiji in connection…