樓蘭

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Chinese[edit]

phonetic
trad. (樓蘭)
simp. (楼兰)
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Etymology[edit]

From a name in the native language of the kingdom, possibly of the shape *Kro-ran. Compare Modern Uyghur كروران (kroran, Loulan), Russian Крорайна (Krorajna).

First attested in the Records of the Grand Historian.

Pronunciation[edit]



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (37) (37)
Final () (137) (61)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter luw lan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ləu/ /lɑn/
Pan
Wuyun
/ləu/ /lɑn/
Shao
Rongfen
/ləu/ /lɑn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ləw/ /lan/
Li
Rong
/lu/ /lɑn/
Wang
Li
/ləu/ /lɑn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/lə̯u/ /lɑn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
lóu lán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
lau4 laan4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
lán
Middle
Chinese
‹ lan ›
Old
Chinese
/*k.rˁan/
English orchid

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 8453 6119
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡ·roː/ /*ɡ·raːn/

Proper noun[edit]

樓蘭

  1. () Loulan Kingdom (an ancient kingdom in western China)
  2. (社區) Loulan (a residential community in Ruoqiang, Ruoqiang, Bayingolin prefecture, Xinjiang, China)