ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨ

Manchu

Etymology

From Classical Mongolian ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨ (bayan). Cognate with Bala 巴彥 (bayan).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨ • (bayan)

  1. rich, luxuriant; prosperous; opulent
    ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨ
    ᠠᠨᡳᠶᠠ
    bayan aniyayear of abundance; year with a good harvest
  2. many; numerous; abundant,
  3. wealthy; well-to-do; well-off

Noun

ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨ • (bayan) (plural ᠣᡵᡳᠰᠠ)

  1. man of wealth; rich person; affluent person

References

  1. ^ 《满语研究》p.112 王庆丰 (1987) 民族出版社

Middle Mongol

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Mongolic *bayan, from Proto-Turkic *bāyă.

Adjective

ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨ (bayan)

  1. rich

Derived terms

  • ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠰᠬᠤ (bayasqu)

Descendants

  • Central Mongolic:
  • Daur: bayin
  • Southern Mongolic:
    • East Yugur:
    • Shirongolic:
      • Bonan: bayaŋ
      • Dongxiang: bayaŋ
      • Kangjia: bayɔ
      • Monguor:
        • Mangghuer: bayan
        • Mongghul: bayaŋ

References

  1. ^ Haenisch, Erich (1939), Wörterbuch zu Mangḥol un Niuca Tobca’an (Yüan-Ch‘ao Pi-Shi) geheime Geschichte der Mongolen [Dictionary of the Secret History of the Mongols] (in German), Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, page 11

Further reading

  • D. Tumurtogoo, editor (2006), Mongolian monuments in Uighur-Mongolian script (XIII-XVI centuries) (Language and Linguistics monograph series; A-11), Taipei: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, page 337
  • Poppe, Nicholas (1938), Mongolʹskij Slovarʹ Mukaddimat al-Adab[1] (in Russian), page 114
  • Nugteren, Hans (2011), Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎[2], Utrecht: LOT, page 279
  • Sanžejev, G. D.; Orlovskaja, M. N.; Ševernina, Z. V. (2015), Etimologičeskij slovarʹ mongolʹskix jazykov: v 3 t. [Etymological dictionary of Mongolic languages: in 3 vols.] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 80