菠薐

Etymology
Around 674, borrowed from , , , possibly via some ancient language in modern-day Nepal. Compare modern 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Possibly the source of.

Alternative etymology relates this word to the name of an ancient kingdom in India. Examples of such suggestions include:


 * of the, who remarked that:


 * Sun Yi (孫奕) of the also said:

Berthold Laufer in his book Sino-Iranica observed that there was a country known from inscriptions called, which likely lies in present-day , Kerala, in Southern India. He conjectured that at the time of introduction of the vegetable, the monks from Nepal also brought with them their own folk etymology of the association between the plant name and the toponym/country name. Compare modern 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  spinach

Descendants

 * (via Teochew)
 * (via Teochew)