Manchu name

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.