騊駼
Chinese
| phonetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (騊駼) | 騊 | 駼 | |
| simp. (𫘦𬳿) | 𫘦 | 𬳿 | |
Etymology
Loanword of uncertain origin. Schuessler (2014) reconstructed its pronunciation as *lû-lâ > *dou-dɑ
Pronunciation
Noun
騊駼
- a kind of good horses from the northern steppe
- 其畜之所多則馬、牛、羊，其奇畜則橐駞、驢、驘、駃騠、騊駼、騨騱。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
- Qí xù zhī suǒ duō zé mǎ, niú, yáng, qí qí xù zé luòtuó, lǘ, luó, juétí, táotú, tuóxí. [Pinyin]
- Their (the Xiongnu's) livestock are mainly horses, oxen, and sheep; their peculiar livestock are camels, donkeys, mules, jueti, taotu, and tuoxi.
其畜之所多则马、牛、羊，其奇畜则橐驼、驴、骡、𫘝𫘨、𫘦𬳿、騨𫘬。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
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