層檀

Chinese

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Proper noun

層檀

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