ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ
See also: ᠮᠠᠨᠵᠤ
Manchu
Etymology
Unknown.
A native Tungusic origin is proposed by Benzing and Hölzl and others, see Proto-Tungusic *Maŋgu (“Amur”) entry for more.
According to traditional histories from the Qing dynasty, Nurhaci, a military leader of the Jurchens of Northeast China and founder of what became the Qing dynasty, named his tribe after Sanskrit मञ्जुश्री (mañjuśrī, “Manjushri”) as the Manchus.[1] The name is from मञ्जु (mañju, “gentle”) + श्री (śrī, “glory”). Also compare Chinese 文殊 (Wénshū, “Manjushri”).
Some other theories exist; see 满族 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia zh
Pronunciation
Noun
ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ • (manju)
Declension
| nominative–indefinite accusative | definite accusative | genitive–instrumental | dative–locative | ablative | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ (manju) | ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ ᠪᡝ (manju be) | ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ ᡳ᠋ (manju i) | ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ ᡩᡝ (manju de) | ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ ᠴᡳ (manju ci) | ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ ᡩ᠋ᡝ᠋ᡵᡳ (manju deri) |
| plural | ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠᠰᠠ (manjusa) | ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠᠰᠠ ᠪᡝ (manjusa be) | ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠᠰᠠ ᡳ᠋ (manjusa i) | ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠᠰᠠ ᡩᡝ (manjusa de) | ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠᠰᠠ ᠴᡳ (manjusa ci) | ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠᠰᠠ ᡩ᠋ᡝ᠋ᡵᡳ (manjusa deri) |
Note: Case endings could be written jointly by the stem.
Derived terms
- ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ
ᠨᡳᠶ᠋ᠠᠯᠮᠠ (manju niyalma) - ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ
ᠵᠠᡴᡡᠨ
ᡤᡡᠰᠠ (manju jakūn gūsa) - ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ
ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ (manju gisun) - ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ
ᡥᡝᡵᡤᡝᠨ (manju hergen) - ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠᡵᠠᠮᠪᡳ (manjurambi)
- ᡳᠴᡝ
ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ (ice manju)
Descendants
- → Chagatai: مانجو (mānjw)
- Uyghur: مانجۇ (manju)
- → Chinese: 滿洲 / 满洲 (Mǎnzhōu), 滿珠 / 满珠 (transcription)
- → Classical Mongolian: ᠮᠠᠨᠵᠤ (manǰu)
- → Daur: manj
- → Solon: manji
See also
- ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠᠰᡳᡵᡳ (manjusiri, “Manjushri”)
- ᠵᡠᡧᡝᠨ (jušen, “Jurchens”)