Jurchen

Alternative forms

• Jurched, Jurchet
• Jurgen,

Origin

A modern reconstruction of the early form of the name (likely actually *Jörcen),

attested in transcription as 竹里真, pronounced Trjuwk-li-tsyin in Middle Chinese, and transcription as Julisen,

Aisin Gioro Ulhicun & al. "Manchuria from the Fall of the Yuan to the Rise of the Manchu State (1368–1636)", Ritsumeikan Bungaku, No. 601, 2007, p. 12.

developed under the influence of Jurcit

Janhunen, Juha. "From Choson to Jucher: On the Possibilities of Ethnonymic Continuity in Greater Manchuria", Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia, Vol. 9, Krakow: Jagiellonian University Press, 2004, pp. 67 ff.

and .

Hoong Teik Toh, Materials for a Geneaology of the Niohuru Clan with Introductory Remarks on Manchu Onomastics, Aetas Manjurica, No. 10, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2005, 28.

Edward Vajda argues for a derivation from a word meaning "reindeer people", cognate with the of Russia's Khabarovsk Province and the of Sakhalin.

Edward Vajda. "Manchu (Jurchen)" for East Asian Studies 210: Introduction to Nomadic Cultures, Western Washington University, 2000.

Full definition of Jurchen

Noun

1. A member of a medieval and early modern Tungusic people, progenitors of the Manchus.

Proper noun

1. An extinct East Asian language (code