ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ

Manchu

Etymology

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”).

Noun

ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ • (manju) (plural ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠᠰᠠ)

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

Derived terms

• ᡳᠴᡝ
  ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ (ice manju, “New Manchu”)
• ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ
  ᠨᡳᠶ᠋ᠠᠯᠮᠠ (manju niyalma, “Manchu person”)
• ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ
  ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ (manju gisun, “Manchu language”, literally “language of the Manchu”)
• ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ
  ᡥᡝᡵᡤᡝᠨ (manju hergen, “Manchu script, Manchu alphabet”)
• ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ
  ᠵᠠᡴᡡᠨ
  ᡤᡡᠰᠠ (manju jakūn gūsa, “Manchu Eight Banners”)
• ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠᡵᠠᠮᠪᡳ (manjurambi)

Descendants

• → Chagatai: مَانْجُو (mānjū)
  • 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”)