ᠠᡥᡡᠨ
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Manchu[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Tungusic *akin, compare Evenki акин (akin), Even акан (akan), Nanai ага (aga).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- elder brother
- a respectful term used to address someone who is older but in the same generation as the speaker
See also[edit]
- ᡩᡝᠣ (deo, “younger brother”)
Adjective[edit]
ᠠᡥᡡᠨ • (ahūn)
- (of man) older
- 1650, Luo Guanzhong, translated by Kicungge, Fan Wencheng, and Garin et al., ᡳᠯᠠᠨ
ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ ᡳ
ᠪᡳᡨᡥᡝ [ilan gurun-i bithe, Romance of the Three Kingdoms]: