冒頓

Etymology
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Pronunciation
The pronunciation has been uncertain since the Tang–Song era when contemporary Middle Chinese pronunciation was used by classical scholars to annotate earlier texts. (8th century) in his commentaries on the  read the name as either "" (/*mək入tuən去/ > Mandarin Mòdùn) or "as the characters are usually read" (/*mɑu去tuən去/ > Mandarin Màodùn). , in the 11th century, read it as "" (/*mək入duok入/ > Mandarin Mòdú, Cantonese mak6 duk6, etc.), i.e. with the final nasal replaced by a plosive, in his notes on the .

Proper noun

 * 1)  Modu:, founder of the Xiongnu Empire