ᡴᠠᡵᡠᠨ

Manchu

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Mongol ᠬᠠᠷᠠᠭᠤᠯ (qaraɣul /⁠qaruːl⁠/, “sentry; sentry post”) with replacement of atypical *᠊ᠯ (*-l) to ᠊ᠨ (-n).

Pronunciation

Noun

ᡴᠠᡵᡠᠨ • (karun)

  1. sentry
  2. sentry post, checkpoint

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • → Chinese: 卡倫 / 卡伦 (via Mandarin)
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