吐魯番

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See also: 吐鲁番

Chinese

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phonetic
trad. (吐魯番)
simp. (吐鲁番)
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Etymology

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(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) Borrowed from Chagatai طُرفان (ṭurfān), تورفان (tūrfān). Compare contemporary Uyghur تۇرپان (turpan).

The first found attestation of the place name is Khotanese [script needed] (tturpanä), in the Dunhuang manuscript 使河西記 [925] (Li, 2015).

The first attested Chinese transcription of the place name is 禿爾班秃尔班, found in volume four of 通制條格 from the Yuan dynasty. Later Chinese transcriptions include 土爾番土尔番, in 西域番國志 [1414], 土魯蕃土鲁蕃, 土魯番土鲁番, 吐魯番吐鲁番 (Tǔlǔfān) and 吐爾番吐尔番. In particular, 吐魯番吐鲁番 (Tǔlǔfān) is attested since the Ming dynasty.

Unlikely to be related to 吐蕃 (Tǔbō, “Tibet”).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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吐魯番

  1. () Turpan, Turfan (a city in Xinjiang, China)

Descendants

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  • English: Tulufan, T'u-lu-fan