Dungan

See also: dungan

English

Alternative forms

• Tungan, Tungani, Dungani (dated)

Etymology

From Turkic [Term?], probably via Russian, originally referring to any Hui Chinese. It is an exonym. Chinese scholar Lin Tao (林涛) lists possible etymologies in the first chapter of Donggan yü lungao (东干语论稿, 2007):

• From Chinese 東甘／东甘 (dōng Gān, literally “Eastern Gan[su]”).
• From Chinese 敦煌 (Dūnhuáng, “Dunhuang”, in Gansu).
• From Chinese 潼關／潼关 (Tóngguān, “Tong Pass”, in Gansu), early site of Bai Yanhu's activity.
• From Turkic [Term?] (turupqaighan, literally “staying behind”).
• From Chinese 東岸／东岸 (dōng'àn, literally “eastern coast; or perhaps, eastern side”), in reference to the Fen River.

Hai Feng (海峰) proposes in a 2005 paper ([1]) that it is from Chinese 屯墾／屯垦 (túnkěn), from late Qing policy regarding Xinjiang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʊŋɡɑːn/

Noun

Dungan pl (plural only)

1. A Muslim people originally from north-west China who currently reside in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia.

Translations

people

• Chinese:

  Dungan: хуэйзў (hueyzw), хуэйхуэй (hueyhuey), хуэйзўжын (hueyzwřɨn), хуэймин (hueymin), җун-янжын (žun-i͡anřɨn) (中原人 (zhōngyuánrén)), лохуэйхуэй (lohueyhuey), дунган (dungan)

  Mandarin: 東干人 (zh) (Dōnggānrén); 東干族 (zh) (Dōnggānzú)

• Czech: Dungan m
• German: Dungane (de) m, Dunganin (de) f
• Japanese: ドンガン人 (ドンガンじん, donganjin)
• Kazakh: дүнген (düñen)
• Kyrgyz: дунган (dungan), дуңган (ky) (duŋgan)
• Russian: дунга́нин (ru) m (dungánin), дунга́нка (ru) f (dungánka)
• Spanish: dungano m
• Turkish: Dungan (tr)
• Uyghur: تۇڭگان (tunggan)
• Uzbek: dungan

See also

• Hui

Proper noun

Dungan

1. The Sinitic language of this people, a Mandarin dialect written in the Cyrillic script.

Translations

language

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 回回話／回回话 (wui⁴ wui⁴ wa^6-2)

  Dungan: хуэйзў йүян (hueyzw yüi͡an) (回族語言／回族语言 (huízú yǔyán)), җун-ян хуа (žun-i͡an hua) (中原話／中原话 (Zhōngyuánhuà))

  Mandarin: 回回話／回回话 (huíhuihuà), 東干語／东干语 (zh) (dōnggànyǔ), 回族語言／回族语言 (huízú yǔyán)

• French: doungane m
• Japanese: ドンガン語 (ドンガンご, dongango)
• Kazakh: дүнген тілі (düñen tılı), дүнгенше (düñenşe)
• Korean: 둥간어 (ko) (dungganeo)
• Kyrgyz: дунган тили (dungan tili), дуңганча (duŋganca)
• Russian: дунга́нский (ru) m (dungánskij), дунга́нский язы́к m (dungánskij jazýk)
• Spanish: dungano m
• Turkmen: dungan dili
• Uyghur: تۇڭگان تىلى (tunggan tili)
• Uzbek: dungan tili

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Dungan, dng ⁠

Anagrams

• Dangun