ᡩᠠᠨᠴᠠᠨ

ᡩᠠᠨᠴᠠᠨ

Manchu

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [tan.t͡ʃʰan]

Noun

ᡩᠠᠨᠴᠠᠨ • (dancan)

1. married woman's parents' home

   ᡩᠠᠨᠴᠠᠨ
   ᡩᡝ
   ᠪᡝᡩᡝᡵᡝᠮᠪᡳ ― dancan de bederembi ― to return to a married woman's parents' home (for a visit)

   • 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.

Derived terms

• ᡩᠠᠨᠴᠠᠯᠠᠮᠪᡳ (dancalambi)