English
Etymology
Official Chinese GB 3304‐91 romanisation. Borrowed from Daur daur and Russian дау́ръ m anim sg (daúr, noun), alternative forms reflect Manchu ᡩᠠᡤᡡᡵ (dagūr), ᡩᠠᡥᡡᡵ (dahūr), and Classical Mongolian ᠳᠠᠭᠤᠷ (daɣur). The ethnonym has been considered to be originated from Khitan ⿰𘲆𘮒 (dau.úr /*dawur/, “middle, central”), a modifier used in the full name of the Liao empire.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
Daur (plural Daurs or Daur)
- A member of an ethnic group (so-called ’nationality’) living in China’s Heilongjiang, Hulunbuir, and northern Xinjiang (Dzungaria), also historically Russia
- The language of the ethnic group, which belongs to the Mongolic language family.
Translations
person, people
- Chinese:
- Literary Chinese: 達呼爾 (Dáhū’ěr) (Qing-era), 打虎兒 (Dǎhǔ’ér) (Qing-era)
- Mandarin: 達斡爾人 / 达斡尔人 (Dáwò’ěrrén) (singular or collective), 達斡爾族 / 达斡尔族 (zh) (Dáwò'ěrzú) (collective or singulative)
- Japanese: ダウール族 (ダウールぞく, Daūru zoku)
- Manchu: ᡩᠠᡥᡡᡵ (dahūr), ᡩᠠᡤᡡᡵ (dagūr)
- Russian: дау́р (ru) m anim sg (daúr), дау́рка (ru) f anim sg (daúrka); дау́ры m anim pl (daúry), дау́рки f anim pl (daúrki) (women)
- Xibe: ᡩᠠᡥᡡᠷ
ᡠᡣᠰᡠᠷᠠ (dahūr uksura)
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language
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 達斡爾語 / 达斡尔语 (zh) (dáwò'ěr yǔ)
- Japanese: ダウール語 (ダウールご, Daūru go)
- Manchu: ᡩᠠᡥᡡᡵ
ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ (dahūr gisun), ᡩᠠᡤᡡᡵ
ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ (dagūr gisun)
- Russian: дау́рский (ru) m inan sg (daúrskij), дау́рский язы́к m inan sg (daúrskij jazýk)
- Xibe: ᡩᠠᡥᡡᠷ
ᡤᡞᠰᡠᠨ (dahūr gisun)
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References
- ^ Róna-Tas, András (1 June 2017) “Khitan Studies. I. The graphs of the Khitan Small Script. 2. The vowels”, in Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae[1], volume 70, number 2, →DOI, pages 181–182
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