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veḷuriya

veḷuriya

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

veḷuriya n

  1. lapis lazuli, a precious stone

Declension

Descendants

  • → Middle Persian: bylwl (Book Pahlavi) / bylwr (Manichean) (bēlūr, "crystal")
    • Persian: بلور (bilūr, bulūr, (white) crystal)
      • → Arabic: بلور (billaur, (white) crystal)
        • → Middle Armenian: պլօր (plōr), պիլօր (pilōr)
        • → Ottoman Turkish: بلور (billûr)
  • → (Late) Old Chinese: 流離流离 (liúlí) (> 璧琉璃), 琉璃 (liúlí) (*ru rel > lɨu liᴇ)
    (later also) 瑠璃, 璢璃 (lɨu liᴇ)
    (from Sanskrit) 吠瑠璃 (bʉɐiH lɨu liᴇ), 毗琉璃, 毘瑠璃 (biɪ lɨu liᴇ), 鞞頭梨鞞头梨 (piᴇ dəu liɪ), 鞞稠梨夜 (piᴇ ɖɨu liɪ jiaH)
    • → Japanese: 吠瑠璃 (beiruri), 瑠璃 (ruri)