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Modern (Beijing) reading: suàn
Preclassic Old Chinese: sōrs
Classic Old Chinese: swānh
Western Han Chinese: swānh
Eastern Han Chinese: swānh
Early Postclassic Chinese: swā̀n
Middle Postclassic Chinese: swā̀n
Late Postclassic Chinese: swā̀n
Middle Chinese: swần
English meaning : garlic [Qi]
Comments: Viet. to`i is an interesting case of replacing MC -n by -i; it probably reflects a variant *swầj with the dialectal development *-r > -j. Standard Sino-Viet. is toán.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Karlgren code: 0175 b
Vietnamese reading: to`i
Jianchuan Bai: suã3
Dali Bai: sua3
Bijiang Bai: suã2
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *sōr
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: garlic, onion
Chinese: *sōrs garlic.
Burmese: swan onion, LB *[s]wan.
Comments: Sh. 54; Luce 55.
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Number: 1901
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 山合一去換心
ZIHUI: 5537 1934
Beijing: suan 3
Jinan: suã 3
Xi'an: suã 3
Taiyuan: suä̃ 3
Hankou: san 3
Chengdu: suan 3
Yangzhou: suõ 3
Suzhou: sö 31
Wenzhou: sö 31
Changsha: sõ 31
Shuangfeng: suã 31
Nanchang: sɔn 31
Meixian: sɔn 3
Guangzhou: syn 31
Xiamen: suan 31
Chaozhou: sɨŋ 31
Fuzhou: sauŋ 31
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *sVwV́rV
Meaning: odorous grass
North Caucasian: *sɨwirV
Sino-Tibetan: *sōr
Basque: *isor̄o
Comments and references : Different in HGC 29, WFR 46.
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North Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-North Caucasian: *sɨwirV
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: a k. of odorous grass
Proto-Nakh: *sVbVr-(-g-,-d-,-w-)
Proto-Lak: sūra
Proto-Lezghian: *sɨwir
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. Although not very widely spread, the etymology seems reliable enough.
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Nakh etymology :

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Proto-Nakh: *sVbVr-(-g-,-d-,-w-)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: a k. of marsh plant
Chechen: sōr-am
Comments: Attested only in Chech., thus a variety of PN reconstructions is possible.
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Lak etymology :

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Lak root: sūra
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: mint
Lak form: sūra
Comments: Old Lak. (*subra or *surba) > Arch. sarba 'mint'.
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Lezghian etymology :

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Proto-Lezghian: *sɨwir
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: ramson
Lezghian: sur
Agul: sur
Rutul: sur-käš
Tsakhur: suwī
Comment: Cf. also Lezg. Khl. sur, Ag. Bursh., Fit. sür, Tsakh. prop., Gelm. sɨwij. The most archaic form is preserved in Tsakh. Gelm., all other dialects and languages have contracted reflexes. 3d class in Rut. and Tsakh. [N.B.: the latest MSU recording of the Ag. Bursh. form is s:ür, which is obviously faulty: the word is a member of the minimal pair sür 'wild onion' : s:ür 'throat'].
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Basque etymology :

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Proto-Basque: *i=sor̄o
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: root
Roncalese: izorro
Comments: Cf. Lezgi, Agul sur 'ramson' < PEC *sɨwirV, generalized > (any) 'root' in Bsq (or specialized in NC)?
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