ᡤᠠᡧᠠᠨ

ᡤᠠᡧᠠᠨ

Manchu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Mongolian ᠭᠠᠴᠠᠭ᠋ᠠᠨ (ɣačaɣan). Compare Mongolian гацаан (gacaan, “village”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qa.ʃan/

Noun

ᡤᠠᡧᠠᠨ • (gašan)

1. village

   1775, 『カラフトナヨロ惣乙名文書』第二文書 北海道大学付属図書館蔵　乾隆四十年三月二十日 [Karafuto Nayoro Documents, No.2 Document (in Manchu language)]:

   ᡤᠠᡧᠠᠨ ᡳ
   ᡩᠠ
   ᡨᡠ᠋ᠰᠣᡴᡠᡵᡩᡝ᠋ᠩᡤᡳ

   gašan i da tu᠋sokurde᠋nggi

   chief of the village Tusokurdenggi

   • 1848, Pu Songling, Jakdan, transl., Sonjofi ubaliyambuha liyoo zhai zhi i bithe [Selected Short Stories by Liao Zhai in translation]:

     ᠮᡳᠨᡳ
     ᡝᠮᡠ
     ᡶᡝ
     ᡤᡠᠴᡠ
     ᠪᡳᡶᡳ᠈
     ᠠᠮᠪᠠᠨ ᡳ
     ᡝᠮᡤᡳ
     ᡝᠮᡠ
     ᡤᠠᡧᠠᠨ
     ᡩᡝ
     ᡨᡝᠮᠪᡳ᠉

     mini emu fe gucu bifi, amban i emgi emu gašan de tembi.

     An old friend of mine lives in a village together with the adults.