摩竭提

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (摩竭提)		摩	竭	提
simp. ^#(摩竭提)		摩	竭	提

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit मगध (magadha).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Mójiétí

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄊㄧˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Mójiétí
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄊㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Mójiétí
  - Wade–Giles: Mo²-chieh²-tʻi²
  - Yale: Mwó-jyé-tí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Mojyetyi
  - Palladius: Моцзети (Moczeti)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ tʰi³⁵/

Middle Chinese: ma|maH gjot|gjet dzye|dej

Rime
Character	摩	摩	竭	竭	提	提
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/2	2/2	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)	群 (30)	群 (30)	常 (25)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)	戈 (95)	月 (67)	薛 (83)	支 (11)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	III	III	III	IV
Fanqie	莫婆切	摸卧切	其謁切	渠列切	是支切	杜奚切
Baxter	ma	maH	gjot	gjet	dzye	dej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muɑ/	/muɑ^H/	/ɡɨɐt̚/	/ɡˠiᴇt̚/	/d͡ʑiᴇ/	/dei/
Pan Wuyun	/muɑ/	/muɑ^H/	/ɡiɐt̚/	/ɡᵚiɛt̚/	/d͡ʑiɛ/	/dei/
Shao Rongfen	/muɑ/	/muɑ^H/	/ɡiɐt̚/	/ɡiæt̚/	/d͡ʑjɛ/	/dɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwa/	/mwa^H/	/gɨat̚/	/giat̚/	/d͡ʑiə̆/	/dɛj/
Li Rong	/muɑ/	/muɑ^H/	/ɡiɐt̚/	/ɡjɛt̚/	/ʑie/	/dei/
Wang Li	/muɑ/	/muɑ^H/	/ɡĭɐt̚/	/ɡĭɛt̚/	/ʑǐe/	/diei/
Bernhard Karlgren	/muɑ/	/muɑ^H/	/gɨ̯ɐt̚/	/gi̯ɛt̚/	/ʑie̯/	/dʱiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mó	mò	jié	jié	chí	tí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mo⁴	mo⁶	git⁶	git⁶	si⁴	tai⁴

Proper noun

摩竭提

(historical) Magadha
- 度河南下一由延，到摩竭提國巴連弗邑。巴連弗邑是阿育王所治。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  度河南下一由延，到摩竭提国巴连弗邑。巴连弗邑是阿育王所治。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 佛國記
  Dù hé nán xià yī yóuyán, dào Mójiétí guó Bāliánfú yì. Bāliánfú yì shì Āyùwáng suǒ zhì. [Pinyin]
  Crossing the river and heading one yojana south, they arrived at the city of Pāṭaliputra in the country of Magadha. Pāṭaliputra was [formerly] ruled by King Aśoka.