木乃伊
Meanings
CC-CEDICT
- 1.(loanword) mummy (preserved corpse)
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Wiktionary
- 1.mummy (embalmed corpse) (Classifier: 具 m)
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Etymology
From an unidentified western language, presumably from some language in the Islamosphere. Compare Persian مومیایی (mômiyâyi, mumiyâyi, “mummy; shilajit”) and مومنایی (mumenâyi, “shilajit”). A Western traveller (Engelbert Kaempfer) also encountered the latter in Persia in the 1680s. Earliest attestation was in Ming Dynasty, see the following quote: See also "Mellified men" on Wikipedia. Other transliterations include: * 木蜜納亦／木蜜纳亦 (mùmìnàyì, “mummy”), attested in Huihui Yaofang (Islamic Formularies, ca. 14th century); * 木蜜亞依／木蜜亚依 (mùmìyàyī), attested in Mingjing Cidian (明淨詞典); * 木蜜亞／木蜜亚 (mùmìyà) (from Uyghur), all of which might have referred to Shilajit (地蠟／地蜡 (dìlà)) originally.
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Components
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