康居

Chinese

		peaceful; spongy (of radishes)	reside
trad. (康居)		康	居
simp. ^#(康居)		康	居

Wikipedia has articles on:

康居 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
Kangju (English)

Etymology

Unclear. Pulleyblank (1962) connects this to Tocharian A kāṅka (“stone (possibly)”) while Ünal (2022) reconstructs underlying form *kaŋk-, an Iranian word meaning "stone" and comparable to Pashto [script needed] (kā́ṇay, “stone”).^[1]

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Kāngjū

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄤㄐㄩ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Kāngjū
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄤㄐㄩ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Kangjyu
  - Wade–Giles: Kʻang¹-chü¹
  - Yale: Kāng-jyū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Kangjiu
  - Palladius: Канцзюй (Kanczjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/

Proper noun

康居

(historical) Kangju (a historical polity in the West), today identified as Sogdiana

Synonyms

康國／康国 (Kāngguó)

References

^ Ünal, Orçun (2022). "On *p- and Other Proto-Turkic Consonants" Sino-Platonic Papers, 325, p. 45-46 of 3 - 106

[1] Ünal, Orçun (2022). "On *p- and Other Proto-Turkic Consonants" Sino-Platonic Papers, 325, p. 45-46 of 3 - 106

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