多羅

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (多羅)		多	羅
simp. (多罗)		多	罗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duōluó

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄛ ㄌㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): do¹ lo⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duōluó
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄛ ㄌㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duoluó
    • Wade–Giles: to¹-lo²
    • Yale: dwō-lwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duoluo
    • Palladius: доло (dolo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: do¹ lo⁴
    • Yale: dō lòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: do¹ lo⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: do¹ lo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔː⁵⁵ lɔː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ta la

Rime
Character	多	羅
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	得何切	魯何切
Baxter	ta	la
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tɑ/	/lɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/tɑ/	/lɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/tɑ/	/lɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ta/	/la/
Li Rong	/tɑ/	/lɑ/
Wang Li	/tɑ/	/lɑ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tɑ/	/lɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	duō	luó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	do1	lo4

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit तारा (tārā, “pupil of the eye; Tara”).

Proper noun

多羅

1. (～菩薩) (Buddhism) Tara (a female Bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism)

Noun

多羅

1. (Buddhism) eye

Adjective

多羅

1. (literary, figurative) able and efficient

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit पत्र (patra, “leaf; paper; etc.”) and पत्त्र (pattra, “leaf; leaf prepared for writing on”).

Noun

多羅

1. Alternative name for 貝多／贝多 (bèiduō, “Corypha umbraculifera”).

Derived terms

• 多羅葉 / 多罗叶

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Sanskrit ताल (tāla); compare Pali tāla.

Noun

多羅

1. Borassus flabellifer

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Manchu ᡩᠣᡵᠣᡳ (doroi), from ᡩᠣᡵᠣ (doro, “road”), in turn from Chinese 道路 (dàolù, “road”).

Prefix

多羅

1. (historical) a prefix added to ranks of nobility in the Qing dynasty

Derived terms

• 多羅格格 / 多罗格格
• 多羅貝勒 / 多罗贝勒 (duōluó bèilè)
• 多羅郡王 / 多罗郡王 (duōluó jùnwáng)

Etymology 5

Noun

多羅

1. (literary, historical) a type of food vessel
2. (literary, historical) cosmetics box

Etymology 6

Adjective

多羅

1. (obsolete) hot-headed