ᠴᠢᠩᠭᠢᠰ
Mongolian
editEtymology
editThought to originally be from Chinese 正 (“upright, proper, honourable”) or Mongolian тэнгис (tengis, “ocean”), cf. Omeljan Pritsak's reconstruction of Attila as "oceanic ruler".[1] Initially rendered as Middle Chinese 成吉思 (MC dzyeng kjit si|siH).
Pronunciation
edit- (Ulaanbaatar) IPA(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋɡəs/, [ˈt͡ɕʰiŋɡɪs]
Proper noun
editᠴᠢᠩᠭᠢᠰ • (čiŋgis) (Cyrillic spelling Чингис)
- a male given name, or honorific title: Genghis
See also
edit- ᠲᠥᠯᠦᠢ (tölüi)
References
edit- ^ Pritsak, Omeljan (December 1982). "The Hunnic Language of the Attila Clan" Harvard Ukrainian Studies. VI (4): 428–476. ISSN 0363-5570.