阿爾山
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Chinese[edit]
phonetic | ||||
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trad. (阿爾山) | 阿 | 爾 | 山 | |
simp. (阿尔山) | 阿 | 尔 | 山 |
Etymology[edit]
The full name for the city is 阿倫阿爾山/阿伦阿尔山 (Ālún Ā'ěrshān), a transcription of Mongolian ᠬᠠᠯᠠᠭᠤᠨ
ᠷᠠᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ (qalaɣun rasiyan, literally “hot holy water”).
The Mongolian name is composed of native ᠬᠠᠯᠠᠭᠤᠨ (qalaɣun, “hot”) + non-native ᠷᠠᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ (rasiyan, “holy water, spring”). The latter, which corresponds to Chinese 阿爾山/阿尔山 (Ā'ěrshān), was loaned from Sanskrit रसायन (rasāyana, “elixir”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
阿爾山
- (~市) Arxan (a county-level city in Hinggan, Inner Mongolia, China)