Etymology

p'i-p'a

Mandarin 琵琶
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from琵琶
  2. English todayp'i-p'a

From Mandarin 琵琶 (pípá), Wade–Giles romanization: pʻi²-pʻa².

Words from the same roots

Mandarin琵琶 all →

pipabipa

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.