Jurchen

English

Alternative forms
  • Jurched, Jurchet
  • Jurgen (uncommon)

Etymology
Siberians capturing a reindeer

From a reconstruction of Jurchen *jörcen,[1] attested via Middle Chinese 竹里真 (ʈɨuk̚ lɨX t͡ɕiɪn) and Khitan 𘲮𘯤𘰭 (*ju rả n),[2] developed under the influence of Manchu ᠵᡠᡵᠴᡳᡨ (jurcit)[1] and Classical Mongolian ᠵᠦᠷᠴᠢᠳ (ǰürčid).[3] Vajda argues for a derivation from a Proto-Tungusic word meaning "reindeer people", cognate with the Orochs of Russia's Khabarovsk Province and the Oroks of Sakhalin.[4]

Noun

Jurchen (plural Jurchens or Jurchen)

  1. A member of a medieval and early modern Tungusic people, progenitors of the Manchus.
    Synonyms: Nurchen, Nuzhen, Nuchen, Nuzhi, Nuchih, (inexact) Jin, (obsolete) Eastern Tartars, (obsolete) Golden Tartars

Translations
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Proper noun

Jurchen

  1. An extinct Tungusic language (code jur), related to Manchu.
    Synonym: Nurchen

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References
  1. Janhunen, Juha. "From Choson to Jucher: On the Possibilities of Ethnonymic Continuity in Greater Manchuria", Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia, Vol. 9, Krakow: Jagiellonian University Press, 2004, pp. 67 ff.
  2. Aisin Gioro Ulhicun & al. "Manchuria from the Fall of the Yuan to the Rise of the Manchu State (1368–1636)", Ritsumeikan Bungaku, No. 601, 2007, p. 12.
  3. Hoong Teik Toh, Materials for a Geneaology of the Niohuru Clan with Introductory Remarks on Manchu Onomastics, Aetas Manjurica, No. 10, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2005, 28.
  4. Vajda, Edward. "Manchu (Jurchen)" for East Asian Studies 210: Introduction to Nomadic Cultures, Western Washington University, 2000.
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