Talk:八角

Additional Mandarin definition?
Can this also mean "octagon" in Mandarin? Or is that 八角形物? 24.93.170.200 05:11, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

In 八角鼓, 八角 means "octagonal," correct? 24.93.170.200 05:14, 12 December 2007 (UTC)


 * done. -- A-cai 08:58, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Persian

 * The Persian looks adapted from the   (is there a control of the Middle Chinese fetching or should the compounds contain Middle Chinese readings too?) ; Gernot Katzer suspects so too. And it’s a spice native to the Far-East. Also I now see that  seems to contain  , but that’s another word. And possibly other terms with  I have overlooked so far. I am too clueless about CJK to see with a web search whether  is something but we have already  and  in this dictionary meaning star anise both containing  and there are probably more dialectal Chinese terms, and you can solve the two Persian terms. Fay Freak (talk) 15:49, 5 January 2020 (UTC)


 * . Regarding Persian, the first two syllables (باد) matches well with . However, I'm not sure where the last two syllables (یانه) are derived from. Is it some sort of suffix in Persian? Other terms with similar formations I managed to find are:
 * I did a search for 八香 at Wikisource Chinese but can't find any senses related to "fennel" or "star anise". 八香 is mostly a sum of parts referring to "eight fragrances". KevinUp (talk) 03:58, 6 January 2020 (UTC) KevinUp (talk) 03:58, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I did a search for 八香 at Wikisource Chinese but can't find any senses related to "fennel" or "star anise". 八香 is mostly a sum of parts referring to "eight fragrances". KevinUp (talk) 03:58, 6 January 2020 (UTC) KevinUp (talk) 03:58, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I did a search for 八香 at Wikisource Chinese but can't find any senses related to "fennel" or "star anise". 八香 is mostly a sum of parts referring to "eight fragrances". KevinUp (talk) 03:58, 6 January 2020 (UTC) KevinUp (talk) 03:58, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I did a search for 八香 at Wikisource Chinese but can't find any senses related to "fennel" or "star anise". 八香 is mostly a sum of parts referring to "eight fragrances". KevinUp (talk) 03:58, 6 January 2020 (UTC) KevinUp (talk) 03:58, 6 January 2020 (UTC)