ᠰᡳᠮᠪᡳᡵᠰᡴᡠ

Manchu

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Симби́рск (Simbírsk).

Pronunciation

(standard) IPA^(key): [ɕim.pir.skʰu]

Proper noun

ᠰᡳᠮᠪᡳᡵᠰᡴᡠ • (simbirsku)

(historical) Simbirsk (a city, the administrative center of Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia; modern Ulyanovsk).
- 1723, Tulišen, 異域錄 [Narrative of the Chinese Embassy to the Khan of the Tourgouth Tartars]:
  ᡤᡡᠰᡳᠨ
  ᡩᡝ
  ᠵᡠᡵᠠᡴᠠ᠈
  ᠵᡠᡤᡡᠨ
  ᡩᡝ
  ᡳᠯᠠᠨ
  ᡳᠨᡝᠩᡤᡳ
  ᠶᠠᠪᡠᡶᡳ᠈
  ᡳᠴᡝ
  ᡳᠯᠠᠨ
  ᡩᡝ
  ᠰᡳᠮᠪᡳᡵᠰᡴᡠ
  ᡩᡝ
  ᡳᠰᡳᠨᠠᡥᠠ᠉
  gūsin de juraka, jugūn de ilan inenggi yabufi, ice ilan de simbirsku de isinaha.
  (We) set out on the 30th day (of October), spent three days on the road. On the 3rd day (of November), (we) arrived at Simbirsk.

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