瑪瑙

See also: 玛瑙

Chinese

trad. (瑪瑙)		瑪	瑙
simp. (玛瑙)		玛	瑙
alternative forms		碼瑙／码瑙 馬瑙／马瑙 馬腦／马脑

Etymology

From earlier 馬腦 (mǎnǎo, “horse's brain”), a calque of Sanskrit अश्मगर्भ (aśmagarbha, “emerald [horse + kernel]”).

Compare Tibetan རྟ་ཀླད (rta klad, “agate [horse + brain]”), said to be a Chinese calque, which is later semantically regularised into རྡོ་ཀླད (rdo klad, “agate [stone + brain]”).

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 瑪瑙

1. (mineralogy) agate

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (瑪瑙):

• → Japanese: 瑪瑙(めのう) (menō)
• → Korean: 마노(瑪瑙) (mano)
• → Vietnamese: mã não (瑪瑙)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
瑪	瑙
め Hyōgai	のう Hyōgai
goon

Alternative spelling
馬瑙

Etymology

/menau/ → /menɔː/ → /menoː/

First attested in the Nihon Shoki (720 CE).

From Middle Chinese 瑪瑙 (MC *mˠa^X nɑu^X).

Noun

1. (mineralogy) an agate

Derived terms

• 苔(こけ)瑪瑙(めのう) (koke menō, “moss agate”)
• 縞(しま)瑪瑙(めのう) (shima-menō, “onyx, sardonyx”)

Proper noun

瑪(め)瑙(のう) • (Menō) ^{←めなう (menau)?}

1. a female given name

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Korean

Hanja in this term
瑪	瑙

Noun

瑪瑙 • (mano) (hangeul 마노)

1. Hanja form^? of 마노 (“agate”).

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Vietnamese

Noun

瑪瑙

1. chữ Hán form of mã não (“agate”).