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Undo revision 71570058 by WindowsWorld (talk) I think you mean to point out that this word not loaned in directly from English to Mandarin/Chinese characters. Okay. But that's implied by the existing etymology. And there is more than 'pure coincidence' to the similarity: both Chinese character name and English seem to have a root in the same third language's term. Just a thought; feel free to revert this.
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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From a Southeast Asian language, perhaps {{bor|zh|ms|mangga}} or a [[Tai]] word ({{zh-ref|Wei, 2000}}). The second character {{zh-l|果|fruit}} is a {{zh-psm|nocap=1}} or a literal translation. Similarity to English [[mango]] is coincidental.
From a Southeast Asian language, perhaps {{bor|zh|ms|mangga}} or a [[Tai]] word ({{zh-ref|Wei, 2000}}). The second character {{zh-l|果|fruit}} is a {{zh-psm|nocap=1}} or a literal translation.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===

Revision as of 13:15, 4 March 2023

Chinese

phonetic fruit; result
trad. (芒果)
simp. #(芒果)
alternative forms 杧果
芒菓芒果
杧菓杧果
檬果
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Etymology

From a Southeast Asian language, perhaps Malay mangga or a Tai word (Wei, 2000). The second character (guǒ, “fruit”) is a phono-semantic matching or a literal translation.

Pronunciation

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Noun

芒果

(deprecated template usage) 芒果

  1. mango (Classifier: m c;  m c)

Synonyms

Derived terms

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Descendants

  • Zhuang: makmanghgoj

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
マンゴー
Hyōgai
(ateji)
Grade: 4
(ateji)
irregular
For pronunciation and definitions of 芒果 – see the following entry.
マンゴー
[noun] mango (fruit)
(This term, 芒果, is an alternative spelling (ateji) of the above term.)

Usage notes