ᠣᠨ

Manchu

Pronunciation

Noun

ᠣᠨ • (on)

  1. road; path; way
  2. distance (to travel)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Middle Mongol

MongolianʼPhags-pa
ᠣᠨꡜꡡꡋ

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Mongolic *hon. Cognate with Khitan 𘮗 (*po, time). Compare also Jurchen [script needed] (fon), Manchu ᡶᠣᠨ (fon, time).

Pronunciation

Noun

ᠣᠨ (hon)

  1. year (duration of time)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Central Mongolic:
    • Buryat: он (on)
    • Classical Mongolian: ᠣᠨ (on, year)
      • Khamnigan Mongol: он (on, year)
      • Mongolian: (year)
        Mongolian script: ᠣᠨ (on)
        Cyrillic script: он (on)
    • Written Oirat: ᡆᠨ (on)
  • Daur: hoon (year)
  • Southern Mongolic:
    • East Yugur: hon
    • Shirongolic:
      • Bonan: xoŋ
      • Dongxiang: xon
      • Kangjia: hon, huŋ
      • Monguor:

See also

  • ᠵᠢᠯ (ǰil, calendar year)
  • ᠨ᠋ᠠᠰᠤᠨ (nasun, year of age)

References

  • Gardi (2006), 中古蒙古语研究, Shenyang: Liaoning Nationality Publishing House, →ISBN