Nanai

See also: nanai

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian нанайский (nanajskij) or нанаец (nanajec), probably from Nanai нани (nani), which is an endonym used by both Nanai and Ulch people. Alternatively, from Nanai най (naj).

Noun

Nanai pl (plural only)

1. A Tungusic people of China and the Russian Far East
2. a person of Nanai nationality
3. the Nanai language

Synonyms

• Golds
• Hezhen

Translations

Nanai, an ethinic group

• Chinese: 赫哲族 (zh) (Hèzhézú)
• Japanese: ホジェン族 (ホジェンぞく, Hojen Zoku), へジェン族 (へジェンぞく, Hejen Zoku), ナナイ (Nanai), ナーナイ (Nānai)
• Kazakh: нанай (nanai)
• Manchu: ᡥᡝᠵᡝ (heje)
• Nanai: нанай (nanaj), χədʒən kurun
• Russian: нанайцы (ru) (nanajcy)
• Udihe: нанай
• Xibe: ᡥᡝᡪᡝ (heje), ᡥᡝᡪᡝ
  ᡠᡣᠰᡠᠷᠠ (heje uksura)

a Nanai person

• Chinese: 赫哲人
• Manchu: ᡥᡝᠵᡝ (heje)
• Russian: нанаец (ru) m (nanajec), нанайка (ru) f (nanajka)

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Nanai terms