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| Processed by: | richwarm (2018-01-22 22:45:52 GMT) |
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<< review queue entry 61598 - submitted by 'richwarm' >> Often, it's not a Chinese character, but rather a non-Chinese word. 據傳《奧德賽》作者、希臘大詩人荷馬首創象牙elephas一字，正是大象英文elephant的字源。 The great Greek poet Homer was the first to use the word "elephas" for ivory which is the origin of the English word "elephant." 阿拉伯文字源意思是：和平、和好。 The Arabic word for "Islam" comes from the word "peace" or "making peace." 而這不正合乎「學校」一詞希臘字源(schole)的本意，亦即提供孩子「生活的閒情與逸致」？ And isn't that in line with the original Greek word for "school," "schole," meaning "leisure"? 如果還查不到，再去查牛津大字典，因為這部大字典裡收錄了西方語文的字源， When he couldn't find a word, he turned to the Oxford English Dictionary, which includes etymologies of words in Western languages 像「友」拆成兩半，古字都是「手」的意象，以「兩隻手握在一起」形容抽象的「友好」；又如「旦暮」2字，「旦」是太陽在平原上冉冉升起的模樣，暮則是太陽一吋吋沒入平原的意象，理解了字源，對字的感覺又更深刻了。 The ancient Chinese character for "friend," for instance, consisted of two hands clasping each other, thus reifying the abstract notion of friendship. The Chinese characters dan and mu, "daybreak" and "eventide" respectively, similarly evolved from pictographic origins: dan (旦) shows a sun rising slowly above the plain while mu (暮) shows the sun sinking back again. Understanding the history and development of characters helps the writer cultivate a greater feeling for them. Wp ~ 鋯石（英語：Zircon）的英文字源來自波斯語：زرگون（zargun），字面意思為金色之光。 Wp @ 囧 字源 : 囧是「窗」的象形字。 Editor: following discussion |
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- 字源 字源 [zi4 yuan2] /Chinese character etymology/ # + 字源 字源 [zi4 yuan2] /etymology of a Chinese character/etymology of a non-Chinese word/ + 字源 字源 [zi4 yuan2] /etymology (of a non-Chinese word)/origin of a character/ |