扎马剌丁 zā mǎ lá dīng

Jamal al-Din, Persian astronomer under Kublai

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
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Definitions

  1. 1. Jamal al-Din ibn Muhammad al-Najjari (13th century), famous Persian astronomer and scholar who served Khubilai Khan 忽必烈hū bì liè from c. 1260

Characters

Character Meaning
扎 zā HSK 6
to prick; to run or stick (a needle etc) into
马 mǎ HSK 3
horse; surname Ma
剌 lá
unreasonable; absurd; perverse
丁 dīng HSK 6
fourth in order; surname Ding; cubes (of food)