富浪

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (富浪)		富	浪
alternative forms		發郎／发郎佛郎

Etymology

A transcription of Arabic فَرَنْج (faranj); compare Persian (farang). In Ming dynasty, Farang is translated as 佛郎機 instead.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Fùlàng

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˋ ㄌㄤˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Fùlàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˋ ㄌㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Fùlàng
  - Wade–Giles: Fu⁴-lang⁴
  - Yale: Fù-làng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Fuhlanq
  - Palladius: Фулан (Fulan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵¹⁻⁵³ lɑŋ⁵¹/

Proper noun

富浪

(Yuan dynasty, archaic) Europe

Usage notes

In 《元史•郭侃傳》, it is described that Hulagu Khan (旭烈兀) had conquered this place.

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