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

   Synonyms: Golds, Hezhen

Translations

a Tungusic people

• 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)

Proper noun

Nanai

1. The language of these people.

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Nanai terms