ᠠᡥᡡᠨ

Manchu

Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *akin, compare Evenki акин (akin), Even акан (akan), Nanai ага (aga).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [a.χʊn]

Noun

ᠠᡥᡡᠨ • (ahūn) (plural ᠠᡥᡡᠨᡨᠠ)

1. elder brother
2. a respectful term used to address someone who is older but in the same generation as the speaker

See also

• ᡩᡝᠣ (deo, “younger brother”)

Adjective

ᠠᡥᡡᠨ • (ahūn)

1. (of man) older
   • 1650, Luo Guanzhong, translated by Kicungge, Fan Wencheng, and Garin et al., ᡳᠯᠠᠨ
     ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ ᡳ
     ᠪᡳᡨᡥᡝ [ilan gurun-i bithe, Romance of the Three Kingdoms]:

     ᡯᠶ
     ᠯᡠᠩ
     ᠵᠣᠣᡶᠠᠨ
     ᠴᡳ
     ᡩᡠᡳᠨ
     ᠪᡳᠶᠠ
     ᠠᡥᡡᠨ᠉

     dzy lung joofan ci duin biya ahūn.

     Zilong is four months older than Zhao Fan.