扎马剌丁

Traditional form:

紮馬剌丁

Pinyin (reading):

Zāmǎládīng

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 扎 - to bind, to wrap; to pierce; to stop
• 马 - horse; surname
• 剌 - to slash, to cut in two; to contradict
• 丁 - male adult; robust, vigorous; 4th heavenly stem

Traditional characters:

• 紮 - to tie, to fasten, to bind
• 馬 - horse; surname
• 剌 - to slash, to cut in two; to contradict
• 丁 - male adult; robust, vigorous; 4th heavenly stem