Manchu name

《The Comprehensive Book of the Eight Manchurian Banners' Surname-Clans (八旗满洲氏族通谱, ᠵᠠᡴᡡᠨ
ᡤᡡᠰᠠᡳ
ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠᠰᠠᡳ
ᠮᡠᡴᡡᠨ
ᡥᠠᠯᠠ
ᠪᡝ
ᡠᡥᡝᡵᡳ
ᡝᠵᡝᡥᡝ
ᠪᡳᡨᡥᡝ
Jakūn Gūsai Manjusai Mukūn Hala be Uheri Ejehe Bithe
)》 p.33

Manchu names are the names of the Manchu people in their own language. Generally, there are several forms, such as bearing suffixes "-ngga", "-ngge" or "-nggo", meaning "having the quality of";[1] bearing the suffixes "-tai" or "-tu", meaning "having";[2][3] bearing the suffix, "-ju", "-boo";[2] numerals[a][2][3] or animal names.[b][1][2]

The Jurchens and their Manchu descendants had Khitan linguistic and grammatical elements in their personal names like suffixes.[4] Many Khitan names had a "ju" suffix.[5]

Nikan (Han Chinese) was a common first name for Manchus.[6] Nikan Wailan was a Jurchen leader who was an enemy of Nurhaci.[7][8][9] Nikan was the name of one of the Aisin Gioro princes and grandsons of Nurhaci who supported Prince Dorgon.[10][11][12] Nurhaci's first son was Cuyen, one of whose sons was Nikan.[13]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ e.g. Nadanju (70 in Manchu), Susai (5 in Manchu), Liošici (67, a Mandarin homophone) and Bašinu (85, a Mandarin homophone)[2]
  2. ^ e.g. Dorgon (badger) and Arsalan (lion)[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Aisin Gioro 2004, p. 979
  2. ^ a b c d e Elliott 2001, p. 243
  3. ^ a b Aisin Gioro 2004, p. 978
  4. ^ Toh 2005, pp. 34, 35, 36
  5. ^ Toh 2005, p. 31
  6. ^ Elliott, Mark C. (2001). The Manchu Way: The Eight Banners and Ethnic Identity in Late Imperial China. Stanford University Press. pp. 242–. ISBN 978-0-8047-4684-7.
  7. ^ Pamela Kyle Crossley (15 February 2000). A Translucent Mirror: History and Identity in Qing Imperial Ideology. University of California Press. pp. 172–. ISBN 978-0-520-92884-8.
  8. ^ Wakeman 1985, pp. 49–
  9. ^ Frederic Wakeman (1 January 1977). Fall of Imperial China. Simon and Schuster. pp. 83–. ISBN 978-0-02-933680-9.
  10. ^ Evelyn S. Rawski (15 November 1998). The Last Emperors: A Social History of Qing Imperial Institutions. University of California Press. pp. 99–. ISBN 978-0-520-92679-0. nikan mandahai.
  11. ^ Wakeman 1985, pp. 902–
  12. ^ Adam Yuen-chung Lui (1 January 1989). Two Rulers in One Reign: Dorgon and Shun-chih, 1644-1660. Faculty of Asian Studies, Australian National University. pp. 41, 46. ISBN 978-0-7315-0654-5.
  13. ^ Serie orientale Roma. Istituto italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente. 1970. p. 174.