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Manchu
Etymology
Possibly the continuation of a dialectal form whose original pronunciation could have been *. Cognate with Jurchen antʃu-un (“gold”), whence Manchu ᠠᠨᠴᡠᠨ (ancun, “earring”). Compare Proto-Turkic *altun (“gold”), Mongolian ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠨ (altan, “gold”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ᠠᡳᠰᡳᠨ • (aisin)
- gold (metal)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Jerry Norman (2013) A Comprehensive Manchu-English Dictionary, Harvard University Press
- J.A. Alonso de la Fuente (2013) “Written Manchu akjan 'thunder'”, in Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, volume 66, number 1, pages 59-68