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琉璃

琉璃

Chinese

precious stone colored glaze; glass
simp. and trad.
(琉璃) 		琉 璃

Noun

琉璃

  1. coloured glaze

Derived terms

  • 大琉璃草 (dàliúlícǎo)
  • 琉璃燈／琉璃灯 (liúlídēng)
  • 琉璃瓦 (liúliwǎ)
  • 琉璃磚／琉璃砖 (liúlízhuān)
  • 琉璃草 (liúlícǎo)

References

  1. ↑ 1917, Field Museum of Natural History: 1909, “The Beginnings of Porcelain in China”, Berthold Laufer and Henry Windsor Nichols, The Museum, page 138:
    The glassy paste for the production of ceramic glazes was called liu-li 琉璃 (in the Han Annals 流離) or p'i-liu-li, derived from Prākrit veluriya, Mahārāshṭrī verulia (Sanskrit vaiḍūrya).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
琉 璃
る
Jinmeiyō 		り
Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

琉璃 ‎(hiragana るり, romaji ruri)

  1. Alternative form of 瑠璃: lapis lazuli

Korean

Hanja in this term
琉 璃

Noun

琉璃 • ‎(yuri) ‎(hangeul 유리)

  1. Hanja form? of 유리, “glass”.

Etymology

From an unidentified language in the Western Regions, perhaps a Prakrit language (e.g. Gandhari). Compare Pali veḷuriya ‎(“precious stone, maybe lapis lazuli”), Sanskrit वैडूर्य ‎(vaiḍūrya, “cat's-eye, beryl”).[1]

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