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-The transmission of knowledge and materials between the two cultures during ancient times can still be seen in the '''Persian roots in Chinese loan words.''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Persian_relations Source]
+The transmission of knowledge and materials between cultures during ancient times can be seen in modern language. A sampling of loanwords from {{w|Sino-Persian_relations}}:
-{| {{table}} class="wikitable"
+* ''[[say (toxngbut)]]'', lion, first mentioned in the Book of Han [1st century CE]
-| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Term'''
+* ''[[bogsiog]]'', alfalfa, borrowed from a Central Asian language during the Han Dynasty
-| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Chinese'''
+* ''[[phøtøo]]'', grape, borrowed from Bactrian *bādāwa (“wine”) [130 BCE]
-| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''MTL'''
+* ''[[siaqliuu]]'', pomegranate, brought to Han dynasty China by {{w|Zhang Qian}} from the {{w|Arsacid Empire}} ({{wt|安石}}) in Irania
-| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Persian root'''
+* ''[[hofpheg]]'', amber, prob. borrowed from a language in Central Asia during the Han dynasty
-| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Persian Romanization'''
-|-
+== Zhamkhør ==
-| Lion||獅||[[saizuo|say]]||شیر||Shir
+* [[khaqkhii]]
-|-
-| Alfalfa||苜蓿||[[bogsiog]]||||buksuk
-|-
-| Grapes||葡萄||[[phQtQo]]||||budāwa or buda
-|-
-| Pomegranate||(安)石榴||(afn)-[[siaqliuu]]/ciQqliuu ||آرتساخ||Arsak
-|-
-| Amber||琥珀||[[hofpheg]]||کهربا||keherba
-|-
-| Wolfberry/goji berry||枸杞||[[kofkie]]||گوجه||gojeh
-|}