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車臣

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Chinese

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phonetic
trad. (車臣)
simp. (车臣)
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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Qing-era transliteration of Manchu ᠴᡝᠴᡝᠨ (cecen), in turn from Classical Mongolian ᠴᠡᠴᠡᠨ (čečen), an assimilated variant of ᠰᠡᠴᠡᠨ (sečen, smart). Doublet of 薛禪 / 薛禅.

Noun

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車臣

  1. (attributive, historical) A qualifier added in Mongol aristocratic titles.
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Russian чече́н- (čečén-, root).

Proper noun

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車臣

  1. (共和國) Chechnya (a republic of the northern Caucasus of Russia; capital: Grozny)
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