芒果

From a Southeast Asian language, perhaps Malay mangga or a Tai word (Wei, 2000). The second character 果 (guǒ, “fruit”) is a phono-semantic matching or a literal translation.

First attested in 廣東通志初稿 [1535] (Yang, 1987):

芒果，種傳外國，實大如鵝子狀，生則酸，熟則甜，惟新會、香山有之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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芒果，种传外国，实大如鹅子状，生则酸，熟则甜，惟新会、香山有之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

Mángguǒ, zhǒng chuán wàiguó, shí dà rú ézǐ zhuàng, shēng zé suān, shú zé tián, wéi Xīnhuì, Xiāngshān yǒu zhī. [Pinyin]

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芒果

芒果

1. mango (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 隻／只 m c)

• 澳芒 (àománg)
• 腰芒 (yāománg)

• ⇒ Zhuang: makmanghgoj

• As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as マンゴー.
• The kanji form is phonetic ateji (当て字) taken from Chinese 芒果 (mángguǒ).