ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ

ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ

Manchu

Etymology

Unknown.

According to official 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 (“Manjushri”).

Some other theories exist; see 满族#族名来源 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [man.t͡ʃu]

Noun

ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ • (manju) (plural ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠᠰᠠ)

1. (collective) Manchu, Manchus (people)
2. Manchu (person)

Derived terms

• ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ
  ᠨᡳᠶ᠋ᠠᠯᠮᠠ (manju niy᠋alma)
• ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ
  ᠵᠠᡴᡡᠨ
  ᡤᡡᠰᠠ (manju jakūn gūsa)
• ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ
  ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ (manju gisun)
• ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ
  ᡥᡝᡵᡤᡝᠨ (manju hergen)
• ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠᡵᠠᠮᠪᡳ (manjurambi)
• ᡳᠴᡝ
  ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ (ice manju)

 

Descendants

• → Chagatai: مَانْجُو‎
  • Uyghur: مانجۇ‎ (manju)
• → Chinese: 滿洲／满洲 (Mǎnzhōu), 滿珠／满珠 (Mǎnzhū)
• → Classical Mongolian: ᠮᠠᠨᠵᠤ (manǰu)
  • Mongolian: ᠮᠠᠨᠵᠤ (manǰu), манж (manž)
  • → Tuvan: манчы (mançı)
• → Daur: manj
• → Solon: manji

See also

• ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠᠰᡳᡵᡳ (manjusiri, “Manjushri”)
• ᠵᡠᡧᡝᠨ (jušen, “Jurchens”)

References

1. Agui (1988) 满洲源流考 (the Origin of Manchus)‎, Liaoning Nationality Publishing House, →ISBN