ᠮᠣᡵᡳᠨ

Manchu

Etymology

From Jurchen muri, 木力 (mu-li /⁠muri⁠/), from Proto-Tungusic *murin. Cognate with Oroqen mʊrɪn, Evenki мурин (murin), Even мурон (muron) and Solon moring. Also connected with the Korean ᄆᆞᆯ (“horse”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

ᠮᠣᡵᡳᠨ • (morin) (plural ᠮᠣᡵᡳᠰᠠ)

  1. horse
    ᠮᠣᡵᡳᠨ
    ᠶᠠᠯᡠᠮᠪᡳ     ― morin yalumbi ― to ride a horse
  2. (astrology) seventh earthly branch: horse in the Chinese zodiac, 5th solar month
    ᠮᠣᡵᡳᠨ
    ᡝᡵᡳᠨ     ― morin erin ― 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m

Derived terms

  • ᠮᠣᡵᡳᠨ
    ᠵᠠᠯᠮᡳᠨ     (morin jalmin)
  • ᠮᠣᡵᡳᠩᡤᠠ (moringga)
  • ᠮᠣᡵᡳᠯᠠᠮᠪᡳ (morilambi)
  • ᠮᠣᡵᡳᠴᡳ (morici)

Proper noun

ᠮᠣᡵᡳᠨ • (morin)

  1. horse, the seventh of the twelve earthly branches

References

  1. ^ Lee, Ki-Moon, Ramsey, S. Robert (2011) A History of the Korean Language, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 24
  2. ^ Aisin Gioro Yingsheng (2004) 满语杂识 (in Chinese), Beijing: 学苑出版社, →OCLC, page 292
  • Jerry Norman (2013) A Comprehensive Manchu-English Dictionary, Harvard University Press, →ISBN
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