摩訶羅

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (摩訶羅)		摩	訶	羅
simp. (摩诃罗)		摩	诃	罗

Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit महल्लक (mahallaka).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): móhēluó

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ㄏㄜ ㄌㄨㄛˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: móhēluó
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄏㄜ ㄌㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: móheluó
    • Wade–Giles: mo²-ho¹-lo²
    • Yale: mwó-hē-lwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moheluo
    • Palladius: мохэло (moxɛlo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ xɤ⁵⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ma|maH xa la

Rime
Character	摩	摩	訶	羅
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)	曉 (32)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)	戈 (95)	歌 (94)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	I	I
Fanqie	莫婆切	摸卧切	虎何切	魯何切
Baxter	ma	maH	xa	la
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muɑ/	/muɑH/	/hɑ/	/lɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/muɑ/	/muɑH/	/hɑ/	/lɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/muɑ/	/muɑH/	/xɑ/	/lɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwa/	/mwaH/	/ha/	/la/
Li Rong	/muɑ/	/muɑH/	/xɑ/	/lɑ/
Wang Li	/muɑ/	/muɑH/	/xɑ/	/lɑ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/muɑ/	/muɑH/	/xɑ/	/lɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mó	mò	hē	luó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mo4	mo6	ho1	lo4

Noun

摩訶羅

1. (Buddhism) an old man; an elder