ᠰᠠᡵᡤᠠᠨ ᠵᡠᡳ

Manchu

Etymology

Compound of ᠰᠠᡵᡤᠠᠨ (sargan, “wife”) +‎ ᠵᡠᡳ (jui, “child”), probably a calque of Chinese 女子 (nǚzǐ) or Chinese 女兒 / 女儿 (nǚ'ér).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [sär.qän.t͡ʃui]

Noun

ᠰᠠᡵᡤᠠᠨ
ᠵᡠᡳ • (sargan jui)

1. daughter
2. girl
3. (referring to a woman) virgin
   • 1708, Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng, translated by unknown, ᡤᡳᠨ
     ᡦᡳᠩ
     ᠮᡝᡳ
     ᠪᡳᡨᡥᡝ [gin ping mei bithe, The Plum in the Golden Vase]:

     ᠠᠮᠠᠯᠠ
     ᠨᡳᠶᠠᠯᠮᠠ
     ᡤᠠᡳᡶᡳ
     ᠰᠠᡵᡤᠠᠨ
     ᠵᡠᡳ
     ᠸᠠᡴᠠ
     ᠰᡝᠮᡝ
     ᡥᠣᡴᠣᡶᡳ᠈
     ᡩᠠᠨᠴᠠᠨ
     ᡩᡝ
     ᡠᠩᡤᡳᡥᡝᠪᡳ᠉

     amala niyalma gaifi sargan jui waka seme hokofi, dancan de unggihebi.

     Later on, she was married to a certain man. Then she was repudiated and sent back to her parents' home, because people said she is not a virgin.

Derived terms

• ᡳᠨᠠ
  ᠰᠠᡵᡤᠠᠨ
  ᠵᡠᡳ (ina sargan jui)