ᠮᡝᡳ᠌ᡵᡝᠨ

Manchu

Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *muire, compare Evenki мӣрэ (mīrə), Even мирэ (mirə), Oroch мие, Oroqen mi꞉rə, Udihe мё ("neck"), Solon mīri, Solon mīrə(borrowed to miir), Nanai нгуйрэ (ŋujre), Nanai муйрэ (mujre), Orok мујрэ and Jurchen muire.

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [məi.rən]

Noun

ᠮᡝᡳ᠌ᡵᡝᠨ • (meiren)

1. shoulder
   • 滿文老檔

     ᠮᡳᠨᡳ
     ᠮᡝᡳᡵᡝᠨ
     ᡩᡝ
     ᡝᠮᡠ
     ᠰᡳᡵᡩᠠᠨ ᡳ
     ᡶᡝᠶᡝ
     ᠪᡳ᠉

     mini meiren de emu sirdan-i feye bi.

     There is an arrow wound on my shoulder.

2. deputy; assistant

   ᠮᡝᡳ᠌ᡵᡝᠨ ᡳ
   ᠵᠠᠩᡤᡳᠨ ― meiren-i janggin ―  deputy lieutenant-general

   • 1775, 『カラフトナヨロ惣乙名文書』第二文書 北海道大学付属図書館蔵　乾隆四十年三月二十日:

     ᡝᡵᡝᠪᡝ
     ᠨᡳᠩᡤᡠᡨ᠋ᠠ᠈
     ᡳᠯᠠᠨ
     ᡥᠠᠯᠠ
     ᠮᡝᡳ᠌ᡵᡝᠨ ᡳ
     ᠵᠠᠩᡤᡳᠨ
     ᠰᡝᡳ
     ᠶᠠᠮᡠᠨ
     ᡩ᠋ᡝ᠋
     ᠪᡳᡨ᠌ᡥᡝ
     ᠶᠠᠪᡠᠪᡠᡶ᠋ᡳ᠈

     erebe ningguta, ilan hala meiren-i janggin sei yamun de bithe yabubufi,

     Let the Deputy lieutenant-general of Ningguta and the Deputy lieutenant-general of Ilan Hala send this document at their government offices.

Derived terms

• ᠮᡝᡳᡵᡝᠨ
  ᠠᡩᠠᠮᡝ (meiren adame)
• ᠮᡝᡳᡵᡝᡨᡠ (meiretu)

 

Descendants

• → Mongolian: ᠮᠡᠶᠢᠷᠡᠨ (meyiren)
  • → Tuvan: мээрең (meereñ)