ᠪᡳᡨᡥᡝᠰᡳ

Manchu

Etymology

ᠪᡳᡨᡥᡝ᠊ (bithe-, “text; book”) +‎ ᠊ᠰᡳ (-si). Probably a phono-semantic matching of Mongolian ᠪᠠᠭᠰᠢ (baɣsi, “master, trainer, teacher”)

Pronunciation

Noun

ᠪᡳᡨᡥᡝᠰᡳ • (bithesi)

  1. (historical) scribe during the Qing Dynasty

Descendants

  • → Chinese: 筆帖式 / 笔帖式 (bǐtièshì)
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