Chinese Elements in Turki 579 



In the Turk! collectanea of G. Raquette 1 I note the following 

 Chinese words: 



Unsay, celery, from tin ts'ai ~fr ^. 



manto, meat-dumpling, from man-Vou f^ g5. 



lizd, a Chinese foot (measure), from c'i-tse K. J". 



lobo, a long turnip, from lo-po H ^. 



jin, a Chinese pound, from tin /p. 



A few other remarks on Turki words recorded by Le Coq may 

 follow here: 



ndhal ("ruby") is apparently Persian lal (above, p. 575). 



zummurat ("emerald") is not Arabic-Turkish, but Persian (above, p. 519). 



There is no reason to question the Persian origin of palas ("cloth, sail"); it 



is identical with Persian balds (above, p. 495). 

 dowa ("hill") is identical with Turkish deve, teve ("camel"); cf. Toung Pao, 



1915, p. 21. 

 yilpis ("snow-leopard") is identical with Mongol irbis ("panther"). 



1 Eastern Turki Grammar, Mitt. Sem. Or. Spr., 1914, II, pp. 170-232. 



