Dungan
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Etymology
From Turkic , probably via Russian, originally referring to any Hui Chinese. It is an exonym.
Chinese scholar Lin Tao compiles a list of possible etymologies in Donggan yü lungao (2007):[1]
- From Chinese 東甘 / 东甘 (dōng Gān, literally “Eastern Gan”) — by a Russian consul in Ghulja of the name Pavlinov.
- From Chinese 敦煌 (Dūnhuáng, “Dunhuang”, in Gansu) — by M. A. Terentʹjev.
- From Chinese 潼關 / 潼关 (Tóngguān, “Tong Pass”, in Gansu), early site of Bai Yanhu's activity.
- From Turkic turmaq > turupqaighan > tunggan (“stayed behind”) — by scholar С.李双贵.
- From Chinese 東岸 / 东岸 (dōng'àn, literally “eastern coast ”), in reference to the Fen River — by Mantarô Hashimoto.
Lin agrees with the 東岸 / 东岸 (dōng'àn) theory, having found during studies individuals who self-identify as 東岸子 / 东岸子.
Hai Feng proposes in 2005[2] that it is from Chinese 屯墾 / 屯垦 (túnkěn), from late Qing policy regarding Xinjiang.
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Noun
Dungan pl (plural only)
- A Muslim people originally from north-west China who currently reside in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia.
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Proper noun
Dungan
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Further reading
- Ethnologue entry for Dungan, dng
