Manjuristics

English

Etymology

From Manchu +‎ -istics, influenced by Manchu ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ (manju).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmæn.d͡ʒəˈɹɪs.tɪks/
• Hyphenation: Man‧ju‧ris‧tics

Noun

Manjuristics (uncountable)

1. The study of the Manchu language.
   • 2015, Pär Cassel, ““Spelling like a State”: Some Thoughts on the Manchu Origins of the Wade–Giles System”, in Central Asiatic Journal, volume 58, numbers 1-2, page 40:

     Not all contemporary sinologists were as enthustiastic as Amiot about the utility of studying Manchu, but Amiot became one of the founding fathers of Manjuristics by publishing the first extensive dictionary of Manchu, and he was followed by a number of French, German and Russian orientalists who made valuable contributions to the study of the Manchu language.

Hypernyms

• Tungusology

Related terms

• Manjurist

Translations

the study of the Manchu language

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: please add this translation if you can

  Mandarin: 滿語研究／满语研究 (mǎnyǔ yánjiū)

• Finnish: mantšun tutkimus
• French: please add this translation if you can
• German: Mandschuristik f
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Manchu: please add this translation if you can
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: mandżurystyka f
• Russian: маньчжурове́дение n (manʹčžurovédenije)