婆羅門

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (婆羅門)		婆	羅	門
simp. (婆罗门)		婆	罗	门

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ब्राह्मण (brāhmaṇa).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): póluómén

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄛˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): po⁴ lo⁴ mun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: póluómén
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: póluómén
    • Wade–Giles: pʻo²-lo²-mên²
    • Yale: pwó-lwó-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: porluomen
    • Palladius: поломэнь (polomɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ³⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵ mən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: po⁴ lo⁴ mun⁴
    • Yale: pòh lòh mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: po⁴ lo⁴ mun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: po⁴ lo⁴ mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔː²¹ lɔː²¹ muːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ba la mwon

Rime
Character	婆	羅	門
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	來 (37)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)	歌 (94)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	I	I
Fanqie	薄波切	魯何切	莫奔切
Baxter	ba	la	mwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buɑ/	/lɑ/	/muən/
Pan Wuyun	/buɑ/	/lɑ/	/muon/
Shao Rongfen	/buɑ/	/lɑ/	/muən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bwa/	/la/	/mwən/
Li Rong	/buɑ/	/lɑ/	/muən/
Wang Li	/buɑ/	/lɑ/	/muən/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱuɑ/	/lɑ/	/muən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pó	luó	mén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	po4	lo4	mun4

Noun

婆羅門

1. brahmin (caste in Hinduism)

Derived terms

• 婆羅門教／婆罗门教 (póluómén jiào)
• 婆羅門舞／婆罗门舞

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (婆羅門):

• → Japanese: 婆(バ)羅(ラ)門(モン) (baramon)
• → Korean: 파라문(婆羅門) (paramun)
• → Vietnamese: Bà La Môn (婆羅門)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
婆	羅	門
ば Grade: S	ら Grade: S	もん Grade: 2
goon

Etymology

The kanji are ateji (当て字), from Chinese 婆羅門／婆罗门 (póluómén).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) バラモン [bàrámóń] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) バ​ラモン [báꜜràmòǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ba̠ɾa̠mõ̞ɴ]

Noun

婆羅門(バラモン) • (baramon) 

1. Alternative spelling of バラモン (“brahmin”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
婆	羅	門

Noun

婆羅門

1. chữ Hán form of Bà La Môn (“brahmin”).