Etymograph

English

Hetian

Hetian comes from Mandarin 和田.

  1. Mandarinmodern和田Hétián
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2005Hetian

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Mandarinmodern和田Hétián
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2005Hetian

Earliest quotation: 2005, Uighur Separatists Arrested in Xinjiang's Hetian Prefecture: “Police arrested seven members of an East Turkestan separatist…”

Today it means

name Synonym of Hotan: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Mandarin 和田 / Hetian