莙薘
Chinese
phonetic | |||
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trad. (莙薘) | 莙 | 薘 | |
simp. (莙荙) | 莙 | 荙 | |
variant forms | 君達/君达 軍薘/军荙 軍達/军达 |
Etymology
Attested since the 5th century CE. The Jingxingji of the 8th century records that this vegetable was produced in the country of Mo-lu 末禄 (< *Mar-luk), perhaps referring to Merv in modern-day Turkmenistan.
It is an Iranian loan, corresponding to Middle Persian forms of the type of *gundar or *gundur (Laufer, 1967). Compare modern Persian چغندر (čoğondar, “beet”), Turkmen şuğundyr, etc.
Pronunciation
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