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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rā̆t (? *Kăt)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: brave, hero
Chinese: 傑 *grat hero, vigorous.
Tibetan: gjad a champion, an athlete ( < Chin. ?).
Lushai: hrāt brave.
Comments: Simon 17; Coblin 93. Perhaps one should rather derive OC *grat < *r-gat, reconstructing *Kat and keeping the Lushai form apart.
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