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Dungan
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dungan
English
Alternative forms
en Tungan Tungani Dungani dated
Etymology
From en trk - und, probably via en ru -, 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):
From zh 東甘 dōng Gān Eastern Gan[su] — by a Russian consul in Ghulja of the name ru Павлинов.
From zh 敦煌 Dūnhuáng Dunhuang in Gansu — by ru Терентьев, Михаил Африканович ru М. А. Терентьев.
From zh 潼關 Tóngguān Tong Pass in Gansu, early site of Bai Yanhu's activity.
From trk - und turmaq > und turup qalghan > und tunggan stayed behind — by scholar ru С. Лишонгуй.
From zh 東岸 dōng'àn eastern coast [or perhaps, eastern side], in reference to the Fen River — by Hashimoto Mantaro Mantarô Hashimoto.
Lin agrees with the zh 東岸 theory, having found during studies individuals who self-identify as zh 東岸子.
Hai Feng proposes in 2005 that it is from zh 屯墾 túnkěn, from late Qing policy regarding Xinjiang.
Pronunciation
en /ˈdʊŋˌɡɑːn/ /ˈdʊŋˌɡæn/ /ˈdʌŋɡən/ /ˈt-/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Dungan.wav Southern England
en ɑːn æn 2
Noun
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A Muslim people originally from north-west China who currently reside in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia.
Translations
people
Chagatai: chg تونکان tungan, chg تونکانی tungani
Chinese:
Dungan: dng хуэйзў, dng хуэйхуэй, dng хуэйзўжын, dng хуэймин, dng җун-янжын (中原人), dng лохуэйхуэй, dng дунган
Mandarin: cmn 東干人 Dōnggānrén; cmn 東干族 Dōnggānzú
Czech: cs Dungan m
German: de Dungane m, de Dunganin f
Japanese: ja ドンガン人 ドンガンじん, donganjin
Kazakh: kk дүнген
Kyrgyz: ky дунган, ky дуңган
Persian:
Classical Persian: fa-cls تُونْگَانِی
Russian: ru дунга́нин m, ru дунга́нка f
Spanish: es dungano m
Turkish: tr Dungan
Uyghur: ug تۇڭگان
Uzbek: uz dungan, uz tungoni
See also
en Hui
Proper noun
en LanguagesThe Sinitic language of this people, a variety of Mandarin written in the Cyrillic script.
Translations
language
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 回回話 wui4 wui4 wa6-2
Dungan: dng хуэйзў йүян (回族語言), dng җун-ян хуа (中原話)
Mandarin: cmn 回回話 huíhuihuà, cmn 東干語 dōnggànyǔ, cmn 回族語言 huízú yǔyán
French: fr doungane m
Japanese: ja ドンガン語 ドンガンご, dongango
Kazakh: kk дүнген тілі, kk дүнгенше
Korean: ko 둥간어
Kyrgyz: ky дунган тили, ky дуңганча
Russian: ru дунга́нский m, ru дунга́нский язы́к m
Spanish: es dungano m
Turkmen: tk dungan dili
Uyghur: ug تۇڭگان تىلى
Uzbek: uz dungan tili, uz tungoni tili
References
2007 zh:林涛<t:Lin Tao> zh:东干语论稿<tr:Donggan yü lungao><f:dng:Дунганйү лүнго> 978-7-227-03465-0 zh:宁夏人民出版社 zh:东干、东干族、东干学综述(代前言) 1-4
2005 zh:海峰<t:Hai Feng> zh:“东干”来自“屯垦”<t:“Donganzh 东干”coming from“Tunkenzh 屯垦”> zh:西北民族研究<t:NorthWest Minorities Research> 10.16486/j.cnki.62-1035/d.2005.01.022
Further reading
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Anagrams
en adgnnu Dangun
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Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
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