木乃伊

Etymology
From an unidentified western language, presumably from some language in the Islamosphere. Compare 🇨🇬 and. A Western traveller also encountered the latter in Persia in the 1680s. Earliest attestation was in, see the following quote:

See also "" on Wikipedia. Other transliterations include:
 * , attested in  (Islamic Formularies, ca. 14th century);
 * , attested in Mingjing Cidian (明淨詞典);
 * (from Uyghur),

all of which might have referred to  originally.

Noun

 * 1) mummy embalmed corpse

Etymology
From     or.

The kanji spelling 木乃伊 is an example of jukujikun. This spelling was borrowed from. Some sources    suggest that the 🇨🇬 term was a transliteration of 🇨🇬 (with some stated concern that this derivation is doubtful ), but it appears that the 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬 terms are not directly related, though they may be cognates. See the Chinese entry for more.

Noun

 * 1) a mummy, deliberately preserved, such as those found in the ancient tombs of Egypt or China
 * 2) a human or animal corpse mummified naturally, such as in a peat bog or desert