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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.''' See {{w|Sino-Persian_relations}}
+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}}:
-{| class="wikitable"
+* ''[[say]]'', 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'''
-|-
-| lion||[[wikt:獅|獅]]||[[say]]||[[wikt:شیر |شیر ]]||Shir
-|-
-| alfalfa||[[wikt:苜蓿|苜蓿]]||[[bogsiog]]||||buksuk
-|-
-| grapes||[[wikt:葡萄|葡萄]]||[[phøtøo]]|| [[wikt:باده|باده]] ||budāwa or buda
-|-
-| pomegranate||(安)[[wikt:石榴|石榴]]||(afn)-[[siaqliuu]]||[[wikt:آرتساخ |آرتساخ ]]||Arsak
-|-
-| amber||[[wikt:琥珀|琥珀]]||[[hofpheg]] || [[wikt:کهربا|کهربا]] ||keherba
-|-
-| wolfberry/goji berry||[[wikt:枸杞|枸杞]]||[[kofkie]]|| [[wikt:گوجه|گوجه]] ||gojeh
-|}
-==Zhamkhør==
+== Zhamkhør ==
-*[[khaqkhii]]
+* [[khaqkhii]]