манкурт
Russian
Etymology
Introduced by the Kyrgyz author Chinghiz Aitmatov in his 1980 novel The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years, and originally denoted a "prisoner of war who was turned into a slave by having his heads wrapped in camel skin", which supposedly resulted in that "...A mankurt did not recognise his name, family or tribe — a mankurt did not recognise himself as a human being." (For citations, possible etymology, and more, see w:Mankurt.)
However, this term quickly caught on in the sense of "a person deprived of cultural and ethnic identity," and became popular in the languages of Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Compare Bashkir маңҡорт (mañqort).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mɐnˈkurt]
Noun
манку́рт • (mankúrt) m anim (genitive манку́рта, nominative plural манку́рты, genitive plural манку́ртов)
- a person with a lost or degraded cultural and ethnic identity and/or awareness about his/her ancestry, especially because of being affected by a dominant culture
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | манку́рт mankúrt |
манку́рты mankúrty |
| genitive | манку́рта mankúrta |
манку́ртов mankúrtov |
| dative | манку́рту mankúrtu |
манку́ртам mankúrtam |
| accusative | манку́рта mankúrta |
манку́ртов mankúrtov |
| instrumental | манку́ртом mankúrtom |
манку́ртами mankúrtami |
| prepositional | манку́рте mankúrte |
манку́ртах mankúrtax |
Derived terms
- манкурти́зм (mankurtízm)
- манкуртиза́ция (mankurtizácija)
- манку́ртство (mankúrtstvo)
Ukrainian
Etymology
Introduced by the Kyrgyz author Chinghiz Aitmatov in his 1980 novel The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years, and originally denoted a "prisoner of war who was turned into a slave by having his heads wrapped in camel skin", which supposedly resulted in that "...A mankurt did not recognise his name, family or tribe — a mankurt did not recognise himself as a human being." (For citations, possible etymology, and more, see w:Mankurt.)
However, this term quickly caught on in the sense of "a person deprived of cultural and ethnic identity," and became popular in the languages of Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Compare Bashkir маңҡорт (mañqort).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mɐnˈkurt]
Noun
манку́рт • (mankúrt) m pers (genitive манку́рта, nominative plural манку́рти, genitive plural манку́ртів)
- a person with a lost or degraded cultural and ethnic identity and/or awareness about his/her ancestry, especially because of being affected by a dominant culture
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | манку́рт mankúrt |
манку́рти mankúrty |
| genitive | манку́рта mankúrta |
манку́ртів mankúrtiv |
| dative | манку́ртові, манку́рту mankúrtovi, mankúrtu |
манку́ртам mankúrtam |
| accusative | манку́рта mankúrta |
манку́ртів mankúrtiv |
| instrumental | манку́ртом mankúrtom |
манку́ртами mankúrtamy |
| locative | манку́ртові, манку́рті mankúrtovi, mankúrti |
манку́ртах mankúrtax |
| vocative | манку́рте mankúrte |
манку́рти mankúrty |
Derived terms
- манкуртиза́ція f (mankurtyzácija)
- манкурти́зм m (mankurtýzm), манку́ртство n (mankúrtstvo)
References
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “манкурт”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- “манкурт”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)