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noun
A member of the Buryat people and Evenki people of Northeastern Asia (formerly called the Tungus people).
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noun
A Mongolic language spoken around Mongolia, Russia and China
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History
Borrowed from Classical Mongolian ᠬᠠᠮᠨᠢᠭᠠᠨ (qamniɣan) from Tungusic Kamni (potamonym) + -gan (diminutive suffix).
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