彌勒

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Chinese

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phonetic
trad. (彌勒)
simp. (弥勒)
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Etymology

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From early Middle Indo-Aryan in forms like *Metreka, due to alternation of -k- and -y- that can be found in Middle-Indic languages such as Gandhari and Ashokan Prakrit. Ji (1998v11) considers the most likely direct ancestor to be Tocharian A Metrak, which also gave rise to Tocharian B Maitrāk. Cf. Bactrian Μητραγα (Mētraga) (Karashima, 2010); connected to the Gandhari 𐨨𐨅𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨅𐨩 (metreya) and Sanskrit मैत्रेय (maitreya). However, the frequently-cited form Maitreya is not a direct ancestor. Ji (ibid.) further finds the root of both the word and the religious figure in Sanskrit मैत्री (maitrī, goodwill; close union; friendship) and related to मित्र (mitra, Mitra).

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (4) (37)
Final () (11) (131)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter mjie lok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/miᴇ/ /lək̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/miɛ/ /lək̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/mjɛ/ /lək̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/miə̆/ /lək̚/
Li
Rong
/mie/ /lək̚/
Wang
Li
/mǐe/ /lək̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mie̯/ /lək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mei4 lak6

Proper noun

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彌勒

  1. (~佛, ~菩薩) (Buddhism) Maitreya
  2. () Mile (a county-level city in Honghe prefecture, Yunnan, China)

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (彌勒):
  • Japanese: ()(ろく) (Miroku)
  • Korean: 미륵(彌勒) (Mireuk)
  • Vietnamese: Di Lặc (彌勒)

Others:

  • Korean: 미러 (Mireo, Mile)

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Proper noun

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彌勒 (Mireuk or McCune-Reischauer: Mirŭk or Yale: Miluk) (hangeul 미륵)

  1. hanja form? of 미륵 (Maitreya)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Proper noun

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彌勒

  1. chữ Hán form of Di Lặc (Maitreya).