Jurchen

English + people Alternative forms en Jurched Jurchet en Jurgen uncommon Etymology From a reconstruction of en juc *jörcen, attested via en ltc 竹里真 and en zkt 𘲮𘯤𘰭,Aisin Gioro Ulhicun & al. "Manchuria from the Fall of the Yuan to the Rise of the Manchu State (1368–1636)", Ritsumeikan Bungaku, No. 601, 2007, p. 12. developed under the influence of en mnc ᠵᡠᡵᠴᡳᡨJanhunen, Juha. "From Choson to Jucher: On the Possibilities of Ethnonymic Continuity in Greater Manchuria", Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia, Vol. 9, Krakow: Jagiellonian University Press, 2004, pp. 67 ff. and en cmg ᠵᠦᠷᠴᠢᠳ.Hoong Teik Toh, Materials for a Geneaology of the Niohuru Clan with Introductory Remarks on Manchu Onomastics, Aetas Manjurica, No. 10, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2005, 28. Vajda argues for a derivation from a en tuw-pro - word meaning "reindeer people", cognate with the Orochs of Russia's Khabarovsk Province and the Oroks of Sakhalin.Vajda, Edward. "Manchu (Jurchen)" for East Asian Studies 210: Introduction to Nomadic Cultures, Western Washington University, 2000. Pronunciation en /ˈd͡ʒɜːt͡ʃɛn/ /ˈd͡ʒɜːt͡ʃən/ UK en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Jurchen.wav Southern England en /ˈd͡ʒɜɹt͡ʃɛn/ /ˈd͡ʒɜɹt͡ʃən/ US en ɜː(ɹ)tʃɛn ɜː(ɹ)tʃən 2 Noun s * A member of a medieval and early modern Tungusic people, progenitors of the Manchus. en Nurchen Nuzhen Nuchen Nuzhi Nuchih inexact Jin obsolete Eastern Tartars obsolete Golden Tartars Translations Tungusic people Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 女真 Nǚzhēn, cmn 女貞 Nǚzhēn, cmn 女直 Nǚzhí(rare) Finnish: fi džurtšen Japanese: ja 女真 じょしん, Joshin, ja 女直 じょちょく, Jochoku(rare) Jurchen: juc dʒu-ʃə, juc dʒu-ʃien Kazakh: kk шүршіт Korean: ko 여진(女眞) Kyrgyz: ky чүрчүт Manchu: mnc ᠵᡠᡧᡝᠨ Mongolian: mn ᠵᠦᠷᠴᠢᠳ, mn ᠵᠥᠷᠴᠢᠳ Cyrillic: mn зүрчид, mn зөрчид, mn жүрчид Polish: pl dżurdżen m, pl dżurdżenka f Russian: ru чжурчжэ́нь m f, ru чжуличжэ́нь m f, ru нюйчжэ́нь m f, ru нюйчжи́ m f Serbo-Croatian: Latin: sh džurdži m-p Turkish: tr Curçen Uyghur: ug جۇرجىت Vietnamese: vi Nữ Chân (vi 女真) Russian: ru чжуржэнь Proper noun + language An extinct Tungusic language (code juc), related to Manchu. en Nurchen Translations language Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 女真語 Nǚzhēnyǔ Japanese: ja 女真語 じょしんご, joshingo Korean: ko 여진어 Russian: ru чжурчжэньский Turkish: tr Curçence Vietnamese: vi tiếng Nữ Chân References en Ethnonyms Extinct languages History of China