羌
羗Meanings
CC-CEDICT
- 1.variant of 羌[qiāng]
- 1.surname Qiang
- 2.Qiang ethnic group
- 1.muntjac
- 2.grammar particle indicating nonsense (classical)
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Wiktionary
- 1.Qiang people
- 2.Name of a historical tribe in ancient China.
- 3.muntjac (species of deer)
- 4.Meaningless sentence-initial particle, often used in the Chuci.
- 5.a surname
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Etymology
A man 人 with two sheep horns 羊 on his head - barbarian. The character 羊 also indicates the pronunciation. See also 茍 and 美. Unclear. Pulleyblank (1983) suggests a derivation from 羊 (OC *laŋ). Schuessler (2007) prefers to relate it to Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-klawŋ (“to guard; to herd; to tend (cattle); to graze; to be at leisure”), whence Tibetan སྐྱོང (skyong, “to guard; to nurture; to keep; to care for”), Asho Chin klóng (“to herd; to graze”), Burmese ကျောင်း (kyaung:, “to feed; to tend (cattle)”); then 羌 means "herders". Compare 養 (OC *laŋʔ, *laŋs, “to raise; to nourish”). Beckwith (2009) proposes a possible Indo-European origin; compare Tocharian B klank- (“to ride; to go by chariot”).
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