ᠰᠠᡵᡤᠠᠨ ᠵᡠᡳ
Manchu
Etymology
Compound of ᠰᠠᡵᡤᠠᠨ (sargan, “wife”) + ᠵᡠᡳ (jui, “child”), probably a calque of Chinese 女子 or Chinese 女兒.
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): [sar.qan.t͡ʃui]
Noun
ᠰᠠᡵᡤᠠᠨ
ᠵᡠᡳ • (sargan jui)
- daughter
- girl
- (referring to a woman) virgin
- 1708, Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng, unknown, transl., Gin ping mei bithe [The Plum in the Golden Vase]:
- ᠠᠮᠠᠯᠠ
ᠨᡳᠶᠠᠯᠮᠠ
ᡤᠠᡳᡶᡳ
ᠰᠠᡵᡤᠠᠨ
ᠵᡠᡳ
ᠸᠠᡴᠠ
ᠰᡝᠮᡝ
ᡥᠣᡴᠣᡶᡳ᠈
ᡩᠠᠨᠴᠠᠨ
ᡩᡝ
ᡠᠩᡤᡳᡥᡝᠪᡳ᠉- amala niyalma gaifi sargan jui waka seme hokofi, dancan de unggihebi.
- Later on, she was married to a certain man. Then she was repudiated and sent back to her parents' home, because people said she is not a virgin.
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Derived terms
- ᡳᠨᠠ
ᠰᠠᡵᡤᠠᠨ
ᠵᡠᡳ (ina sargan jui)