扎兰

Kyakala

Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *jalan. Cognate with Manchu ᠵᠠᠯᠠᠨ (jalan, “era; generation”).

Noun

扎兰 (zhalan)

1. generation

References

• Andreas Hölzl (2019) “A wedding ceremony of the Kyakala in China: Language and ritual”, in International Journal of Diachronic Linguistics and Linguistic Reconstruction‎^[1], volume 16, page 114