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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
|}

Latest revision as of 08:40, 13 October 2021

The transmission of knowledge and materials between cultures during ancient times can be seen in modern language. A sampling of loanwords from Sino-Persian_relations:

  • say (toxngbut), lion, first mentioned in the Book of Han [1st century CE]
  • bogsiog, alfalfa, borrowed from a Central Asian language during the Han Dynasty
  • phøtøo, grape, borrowed from Bactrian *bādāwa (“wine”) [130 BCE]
  • siaqliuu, pomegranate, brought to Han dynasty China by Zhang Qian from the Arsacid Empire (安石) in Irania
  • hofpheg, amber, prob. borrowed from a language in Central Asia during the Han dynasty

Zhamkhør

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