ᠣᠨ

Manchu

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ɔn]

Noun

ᠣᠨ • (on)

1. road; path; way
2. distance (to travel)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Middle Mongol

Mongolian	ʼPhags-pa
ᠣᠨ	ꡜꡡꡋ

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Mongolic *hon. Cognate with Khitan 𘮗 (*po /⁠po⁠/, “time”). Compare also Jurchen [Term?], Manchu ᡶᠣᠨ (fon, “time”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hon/
• Old Mandarin transliteration: 桓
• Arabic transliteration: هون (/⁠hōn⁠/)

Noun

ᠣᠨ (ʾwn /hon/)

1. year

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Classical Mongolian: ᠣᠨ (on, “year”)
  • Khamnigan Mongol: он (on, “year”)
  • Mongolian: (“year”)

    Mongolian script: ᠣᠨ (on)

    Cyrillic script: он (on)

• Daur: hoon (“year”)

References

• Gardi (2006) 中古蒙古语研究, Shenyang: Liaoning Nationality Publishing House, →ISBN