Jurchen

Etymology
From a reconstruction of, attested via and , developed under the influence of  and. Vajda argues for a derivation from a word meaning "reindeer people", cognate with the Orochs of Russia's Khabarovsk Province and the Oroks of Sakhalin.

Noun

 * 1) A member of a medieval and early modern Tungusic people, progenitors of the Manchus.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * Japanese: 女真
 * Jurchen: juc
 * Kazakh: шүршіт
 * Korean:
 * Manchu: ᠵᡠᡧᡝᠨ
 * Mongolian:, ,
 * Polish: dżurdżen, dżurdżenka
 * Russian:, чжуличжэ́нь, нюйчжэ́нь, нюйчжи́
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman: džurdži
 * Uyghur: جۇرجىت
 * Vietnamese: Nữ Chân (女真)


 * Russian: чжуржэнь

Proper noun

 * 1) An extinct Tungusic language (code  ), related to Manchu.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 女真語
 * Japanese: 女真語
 * Korean:
 * Russian:
 * Vietnamese: tiếng Nữ Chân