ᠠᡳᠰᡳᠨ

Manchu

Etymology

Possibly the continuation of a dialectal form whose original pronunciation could have been *[añcün]. Cognate with Jurchen antʃu-un (“gold”), whence Manchu ᠠᠨᠴᡠᠨ (ancun, “earring”). Compare Proto-Turkic *altun (“gold”), Mongolian ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠨ (altan, “gold”).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ai.ɕin]

Noun

ᠠᡳᠰᡳᠨ • (aisin)

1. gold (metal)

Derived terms

• ᠠᡳᠰᡳᠨ
  ᡠᠰᡳᡥᠠ (aisin usiha)
• ᠠᡳᠰᡳᠨ
  ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ (aisin gurun)
• ᠠᡳᠰᡳᠨ
  ᡤᡳᠣᡵᠣ (aisin gioro)

 

Descendants

• → Nanai: айсин (ajsin)

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^[1], volume 66, number 1, pages 59-68