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Modern (Beijing) reading: luǎn
Preclassic Old Chinese: rhōnʔ
Classic Old Chinese: rhwā́n
Western Han Chinese: rhwā́n
Eastern Han Chinese: rhwā́n
Early Postclassic Chinese: lhwā́n
Middle Postclassic Chinese: lhwā́n
Late Postclassic Chinese: lhwā́n
Middle Chinese: lwấn
English meaning : egg [LZ]
Russian meaning[s]: яйцо (птицы); икра (рыб); яички (насекомых); биол. яйцо (зародыш); [luǎn lǎn] анат. яички
Comments: For *rh- cf. Xiamen nŋ6, Chaozhou nǝŋ4, Fuzhou lauŋ6, Jianou sɔŋ6.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 26
Four-angle index: 2115
Karlgren code: 0179 a
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rūH (s-)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: nit, egg
Chinese: rhō-nʔ egg
Tibetan: sro-ma egg of a louse, a nit.
Kachin: ciʔ3-ru2 nit.
Lushai: hru a nit, louse, egg.
Kiranti: *r[i] 'seed' (?)
Comments: Rgyarung dẓǝru louse egg. Ben. 64. STEDT 121 *s-row (adding the Chinese form - which is possible supposing *-n is a collective suffix here - but omitting the Lushei form). Cf. also: Miji rinh 'egg', Tangkul harra id.
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Kiranti etymology :

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Proto-Kiranti: *r[i]
Meaning: stalk
Sunwar: wõy-cer seed
Tulung: handle, stalk of leaf (? < *ri-bV)
Kaling: ri seedling
Kulung: la-ri
Yamphu: cari 'seed'
Comments: Cf. *ràrV.
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Kulung dictionary :

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Entry: lari
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: n.
Meaning: stalk, pistil of a flower
Nepali: ḍāṃṭh, biṃḍ.
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Yamphu dictionary :

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Entry: cari
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: n.
Meaning: seed.
Nepali: bīū
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Chinese Dialects :

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Number: 341
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 山合一上緩來
ZIHUI: 0607 1928
Beijing: luan 2
Jinan: luã 12
Xi'an: luã 2
Taiyuan: luä̃ 2
Hankou: nan 2
Chengdu: nuan 2
Yangzhou: luõ 2
Suzhou: lö 32
Wenzhou: lö 22
Changsha: nõ 2
Shuangfeng: nuɛ̃ 2
Nanchang: lɔn 2
Meixian: lɔn 2
Guangzhou: lö_n 22
Xiamen: luan 2
Chaozhou: lueŋ 21
Fuzhou: nuaŋ 2
Shanghai: nö 32
Zhongyuan yinyun: lon 2
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *sarasV
Meaning: nit
North Caucasian: *sarasV (~ ĕ, ɨ̆)
Sino-Tibetan: *rūH (s-)
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North Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-North Caucasian: *sarasV (~ ĕ, ɨ̆)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: nit; embryo (of an egg)
Proto-Nakh: *sarsV-l
Proto-Avaro-Andian: *sarasa ( ~ o)
Notes: A Nakh-And. isogloss.
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Nakh etymology :

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Proto-Nakh: *sarsV-l
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: embryo (of an egg)
Chechen: sarsal
Comments: Attested only in Chech., but having probable Andian parallels.
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Avar-Andian etymology :

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Protoform: *sarasa ( ~ o)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 tick 2 nit
Akhvakh: šarašo 1
Karata: sarsa 2
Godoberi: sarsa 2
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