English
Ho-t'ien
Ho-t'ien comes from Mandarin 和闐.
- Mandarinmodern和闐Hétián
- Englishearliest quotation 1923Ho-t'ien
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern和闐Hétián
- Englishearliest quotation 1923Ho-t'ien
Earliest quotation: 1923, The Travels of Fa-hsien, Cambridge University Press: “Again, Yü-tʻien or Ho-tʻien (Khotan), as it is now…”
Every English word from Mandarin 和闐
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 和闐 / Ho-t'ien