amban

amban

See also: Amban

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Manchu ᠠᠮᠪᠠᠨ (amban).

Noun

amban (plural ambans or ambasa)

1. (now historical) A Chinese official under the Qing Dynasty, especially the ranking official or provincial governor in a semi-independent territory under Chinese rule.
   • 1869, George W. Hayward, ‘Journey from Leh to Yarkand and Kashgar’, Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, vol. XL:

     Regarding the scene before him with the calmness of a stoic, sits the grey-bearded old Ambân in his chair of state, quietly smoking a long pipe, while beside him kneel his weeping daughters, all conscious of their coming fate.

   • 1924, Charles Bell, Tibet Past and Present, Delhi 2000, p. 46:

     In 1846 Messrs. Huc and Gabet, two French Lazarist Fathers, visited Lhasa from the north, and stayed two and a half months, when they were expelled through the influence of the Chinese Amban.

   • 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, p. 388:

     Although he was received there by a guard of honour of sorts, Elias found the amban, or senior Chinese official, openly hostile.

Translations

provincial governor in a semi-independent territory under Chinese rule

Buryat: амбан (amban) Chinese: Mandarin: 昂邦 (zh) (ángbāng), 按班 (zh) (ànbān) French: amban (fr) m German: Amban m Kyrgyz: амбал (ky) (ambal) Manchu: ᠠᠮᠪᠠᠨ (amban) Mongolian: амбан (mn) (amban) Portuguese: Amban m Russian: амба́н (ru) m (ambán), амба́нь m (ambánʹ) Spanish: amban m Tibetan: ཨམ་བན (am ban) Uyghur: ئامبال‎ (ambal)

Anagrams

• nabam, namba

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Yakan

Preposition

amban

1. from