ᠴᠢᠩᠭᠢᠰ

Mongolian

Etymology

Thought 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

Proper noun

ᠴᠢᠩᠭᠢᠰ • (čiŋgis) (Cyrillic spelling Чингис)

  1. a male given name, or honorific title: Genghis

See also

References
  1. Pritsak, Omeljan (December 1982). "The Hunnic Language of the Attila Clan" Harvard Ukrainian Studies. VI (4): 428–476. ISSN 0363-5570.
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