English
Kirin
Kirin comes from Manchu ᡤᡳᡵᡳᠨ.
- Manchumodernᡤᡳᡵᡳᠨgirin
- Englishearliest quotation 1904Kirin
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Manchumodernᡤᡳᡵᡳᠨgirin
- Englishearliest quotation 1904Kirin
Earliest quotation: 1904, Alexander Hosie, Manchuria: Its People: “A single caravan often numbers many as twenty large…”
Every English word from Manchu ᡤᡳᡵᡳᠨ
Today it means
name Synonym of Jilin (a province in northeastern China).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Manchu ᡤᡳᡵᡳᠨ / Kirin