ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ

Manchu

Etymology

According to official histories from the Qing dynasty, Nurhaci, a military leader of the Jurchens of Northeast China and founder of what became the Qing dynasty, named his tribe after Sanskrit मञ्जुश्री (mañjuśrī, “Manjushri”) as the Manchus.[1] The name is from मञ्जु (mañju, “gentle”) + श्री (śrī, “glory”).

Also compare Chinese 文殊 (“Manjushri”).

Adjective

ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ (manju)

  1. Manchu

Derived terms

References
  1. Agui (1988) 满洲源流考 (the Origin of Manchus)‎, Liaoning Nationality Publishing House, →ISBN
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