ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ

Manchu

Etymology

Unknown.

A native Tungusic origin is proposed by Benzing and Hölzl and others, see Proto-Tungusic *Maŋgu (“Amur”) entry for more.

According to official histories from the Qing dynasty, Nurhaci, a military leader of the Jurchens of Northeast China and founder of what became the Qing dynasty, named his tribe after Sanskrit मञ्जुश्री (mañjuśrī, “Manjushri”) as the Manchus. The name is from मञ्जु (mañju, “gentle”) + श्री (śrī, “glory”). Also compare Chinese 文殊 (Wénshū, “Manjushri”).

Some other theories exist; see 满族 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [man.t͡ʃu]

Noun

ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ • (manju) (plural ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠᠰᠠ)

1. (collective) Manchu, Manchus (people)
2. Manchu (person)

Derived terms

• ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ
  ᠨᡳᠶ᠋ᠠᠯᠮᠠ (manju niyalma)
• ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ
  ᠵᠠᡴᡡᠨ
  ᡤᡡᠰᠠ (manju jakūn gūsa)
• ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ
  ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ (manju gisun)
• ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ
  ᡥᡝᡵᡤᡝᠨ (manju hergen)
• ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠᡵᠠᠮᠪᡳ (manjurambi)
• ᡳᠴᡝ
  ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ (ice manju)

Descendants

• → Chagatai: مَانْجُو
  • Uyghur: مانجۇ (manju)
• → Chinese: 滿洲／满洲 (Mǎnzhōu), 滿珠／满珠 (Mǎnzhū)
• → Classical Mongolian: ᠮᠠᠨᠵᠤ (manǰu)
  • Mongolian: ᠮᠠᠨᠵᠤ (manǰu), манж (manž)
  • → Tuvan: манчы (mançı)
• → Daur: manj
• → Solon: manji

See also

• ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠᠰᡳᡵᡳ (manjusiri, “Manjushri”)
• ᠵᡠᡧᡝᠨ (jušen, “Jurchens”)