娘

Glyph origin
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Etymology 1
Not attested in pre-Tang texts. It may ultimately have been a fusion of.

Alternatively, from with an attached suffix *-ŋ also found in  as against. However, evidence for this suffix is sparse; Sagart only adduces these two pairs of words.

As yet another suggestion, it may be a loan from 🇨🇬; compare and 🇨🇬.

Definitions

 * 1) woman, especially a young girl
 * 2)  mother; ma
 * 3) wife of another person
 * 4) elderly lady
 * 5)  "The Lady"
 * 6)  girly; effeminate; feminine
 * 7)   the Middle Chinese initial of
 * 1) elderly lady
 * 2)  "The Lady"
 * 3)  girly; effeminate; feminine
 * 4)   the Middle Chinese initial of
 * 1)   the Middle Chinese initial of
 * 1)   the Middle Chinese initial of
 * 1)   the Middle Chinese initial of

Descendants
Others:

Definitions

 * 1)  old-fashioned

Etymology 1
From. First cited to the  of 720.

Analyzed as a compound of.

Noun

 * 1)  a daughter

Etymology 2
Alternative spelling. See.

Etymology
From.