Daur

See also: daur and daur.

English

Two Daur men wrestling.

A Daur woman smiling.

Alternative forms

• Dahur, Daghor, Daghur, Dagor, Dagur

Etymology

Official Chinese GB 3304‐91 romanisation. Borrowed from Daur daur and Russian дау́ръ m anim sg (daúr, noun), alternative forms reflect Manchu ᡩᠠᡤᡡᡵ (dagūr), ᡩᠠᡥᡡᡵ (dahūr), and Classical Mongolian ᠳᠠᠭᠤᠷ (daɣur). The ethnonym has been considered to be originated from Khitan ⿰𘲆𘮒 (dau.úr /⁠*dawur⁠/, “middle, central”), a modifier used in the full name of the Liao empire.

Pronunciation

daʊ'əɹ

Noun

Daur (plural Daurs or Daur)

1. A member of an ethnic group (so-called ’nationality’) living in China’s Heilongjiang, Hulunbuir, and northern Xinjiang (Dzungaria), also historically Russia
2. The language of the ethnic group, which belongs to the Mongolic language family.

Translations

person, people

• Chinese:

  Literary Chinese: 達呼爾 (Dáhū’ěr) (Qing-era), 打虎兒 (Dǎhǔ’ér) (Qing-era)

  Mandarin: 達斡爾人／达斡尔人 (Dáwò’ěrrén) (singular or collective), 達斡爾族／达斡尔族 (zh) (Dáwò'ěrzú) (collective or singulative)

• Russian: дау́р (ru) m anim sg (daúr), дау́рка (ru) f anim sg (daúrka); дау́ры m anim pl (daúry), дау́рки f anim pl (daúrki) (women)

language

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 達斡爾語／达斡尔语 (zh) (dáwò'ěr yǔ)

• Russian: дау́рский (ru) m inan sg (daúrskij), дау́рский язы́к m inan sg (daúrskij jazýk)

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Daur, dta ⁠

Anagrams

• Adur, Daru, duar, dura, urad