魔羅

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (魔羅)		魔	羅
simp. (魔罗)		魔	罗
alternative forms		摩羅／摩罗

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Etymology

From Sanskrit मार (māra, “killing; death; destroyer; demon”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): móluó

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: móluó
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: móluó
    • Wade–Giles: mo²-lo²
    • Yale: mwó-lwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moluo
    • Palladius: моло (molo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ma la

Rime
Character	魔	羅
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	莫婆切	魯何切
Baxter	ma	la
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muɑ/	/lɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/muɑ/	/lɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/muɑ/	/lɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwa/	/la/
Li Rong	/muɑ/	/lɑ/
Wang Li	/muɑ/	/lɑ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/muɑ/	/lɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mó	luó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mo4	lo4

Noun

魔羅

1. (Buddhism) mara (demon)

Derived terms

• 魔 (mó)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (魔羅):

• → Japanese: 魔羅(まら) (mara)