扎兰

Kyakala

Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *ʒalan. Cognate with Manchu ᠵᠠᠯᠠᠨ (jalan, era; generation).

Noun

扎兰 (zhalan)

  1. generation

References

  • Andreas Hölzl (2019) “A wedding ceremony of the Kyakala in China: Language and ritual”, in International Journal of Diachronic Linguistics and Linguistic Reconstruction[1], volume 16, page 114