爾麥里

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (爾麥里)		爾	麥	里
simp. (尔麦里)		尔	麦	里
alternative forms		爾麥力／尔麦力 阿曼里 爾默禮／尔默礼 爾埋里

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ěrmàilǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˇ ㄇㄞˋ ㄌㄧˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ěrmàilǐ → ěrmàili (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˇ ㄇㄞˋ ㄌㄧˇ → ㄦˇ ㄇㄞˋ ˙ㄌㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ěrmàili̊
    • Wade–Giles: êrh³-mai⁴-li⁵
    • Yale: ěr-mài-li
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eelmay.lii
    • Palladius: эрмайли (ermajli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ maɪ̯⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ maɪ̯⁵¹ li¹/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic عَمَل (ʕamal, “work; action; deed”).

Noun

爾麥里

1. (Islam) religious works (attending religious services, fasting, etc.)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic عُمْر (ʕumr, “life; age”).

Noun

爾麥里

1. (Islam) religious service for commemorating important religious figures or deceased family members

   • 後來百年已度盡了，正月十三的爾麥里已經快成了農人的習慣，娃娃們趁熱鬧吃嘴的機會。 [MSC, trad.]
     后来百年已度尽了，正月十三的尔麦里已经快成了农人的习惯，娃娃们趁热闹吃嘴的机会。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 張承志, 西省暗殺考

     Hòulái bǎinián yǐ dù jìn le, zhēngyuè shísān de ěrmàilǐ yǐjīng kuài chéng le nóngrén de xíguàn, wáwamen chèn rènao chīzuǐ de jīhuì. [Pinyin]

     After a hundred years have passed, the ermaili of the thirteenth day of the first month has quickly become a habit of the farmers, a chance for children to join in on the fun and food.

2. (Islam) food used in the commemoration