“和尚”的俗词源探讨

A Study of the Folk Origin of the Word Heshang(和尚)

"和尚"应是梵文音译和汉语"秃"字析形省称相统一的对从事佛教人士的一种称呼,词形经历了从"禾上"到"和上"、"和尚"的变化,反映了汉民族接受外来宗教的心理变化过程。

The pronunciation of Heshang （和尚）should be from the transliteration of Sanskrit, and Buddhist monk of address in Chinese word Tu（秃）, Which went thrangh Heshang（禾上） to（和上）and （和尚 ）. This embodied a mentality changing process of Han nationality on accepting foreign religion.