梵語

See also: 梵语

Chinese

		Brahma; Sanskrit	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (梵語)		梵	語
simp. (梵语)		梵	语

Etymology

From 梵 (fàn) (an abbreviation of 梵天 (Fàntiān), 梵凈／梵净, 梵摩, etc., ultimately from Sanskrit ब्रह्मन् (brahman)) and 語／语 (yǔ, “language”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fànyǔ, fányǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˋ ㄩˇ, ㄈㄢˊ ㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faan⁶ jyu⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Fan-ngî
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoān-gír / hoān-gú / hoān-gí
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ve-gniu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fànyǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˋ ㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fànyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: fan⁴-yü³
  - Yale: fàn-yǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fannyeu
  - Palladius: фаньюй (fanʹjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    梵語 / 梵语
- (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fányǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˊ ㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fányǔ
  - Wade–Giles: fan²-yü³
  - Yale: fán-yǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farnyeu
  - Palladius: фаньюй (fanʹjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: faan⁶ jyu⁵
  - Yale: faahn yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faan⁶ jy⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: fan⁶ yu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn²² jyː¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Fan-ngî
  - Hakka Romanization System: fan ngi^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fan⁴ ngi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /fan⁵⁵ ŋi²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoān-gír
  - Tâi-lô: huān-gír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /huan⁴¹⁻²² ɡɯ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoān-gú
  - Tâi-lô: huān-gú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoaxn'guo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /huan²²⁻²¹ ɡu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /huan³³⁻¹¹ ɡu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoān-gí
  - Tâi-lô: huān-gí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoaxn'gie
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan³³⁻²¹ ɡi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan²²⁻²¹ ɡi⁵³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶ve-gniu
  - MiniDict: ve^去 nyu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ve-nyy
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ve²² n̠ʲy⁴⁴/

Noun

梵語

Sanskrit
Synonym: 梵文 (fànwén)

Derived terms

吠陀梵語 / 吠陀梵语 (fèituó fànyǔ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
梵	語
ぼん Hyōgai	ご Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぼんご [bòńgó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [bõ̞ŋɡo̞]

Noun

梵(ぼん)語(ご) • (bongo)

Sanskrit language (abbr. 梵)

Synonyms

サンスクリット (sansukuritto) (non-Buddhist contexts)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
梵	語

Noun

梵語 • (beomeo) (hangeul 범어)

hanja form^? of 범어 (“Sanskrit”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
梵	語

Noun

梵語

chữ Hán form of Phạn ngữ (“Sanskrit”)

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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