name
Meaning 1
The language of these people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Nanai
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noun
Meaning 2
A Tungusic people of China and the Russian Far East
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Usage: plural, plural-only
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Golds, Hezhen
Antonyms: none provided
History
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).
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese: 赫哲族 (Hèzhézú) — a Tungusic people
- Japanese: ホジェン族 (Hojen Zoku) — a Tungusic people
- Japanese: へジェン族 (Hejen Zoku) — a Tungusic people
- Japanese: ナナイ (Nanai) — a Tungusic people
- Japanese: ナーナイ (Nānai) — a Tungusic people
- Kazakh: нанай (nanai) — a Tungusic people
- Manchu: ᡥᡝᠵᡝ (heje) — a Tungusic people
- Nanai: нанай (nanaj) — a Tungusic people
- Nanai: χədʒən kurun — a Tungusic people
- Polish: Nanaj — a Tungusic people
- Polish: Nanajka — a Tungusic people
- Russian: нанайцы (nanajcy) — a Tungusic people
- Turkish: Nanay — a Tungusic people
- Udihe: нанай — a Tungusic people
- Xibe: ᡥᡝᡪᡝ (heje) — a Tungusic people
- Xibe: ᡥᡝᡪᡝ ᡠᡣᠰᡠᠷᠠ (heje uksura) — a Tungusic people