車臣

Chinese

phonetic
trad. (車臣) 車 臣
simp. (车臣) 车 臣

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Qing-era transliteration of Manchu ᠴᡝᠴᡝᠨ (cecen), in turn from Classical Mongolian ᠴᠡᠴᠡᠨ (čečen), an assimilated variant of ᠰᠡᠴᠡᠨ (sečen, “smart”). Doublet of 薛禪 / 薛禅.

Noun

車臣

  1. (attributive, historical) a qualifier added in Mongol aristocratic titles
Derived terms
  • 車臣汗 / 车臣汗
  • 車臣汗部 / 车臣汗部

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian чече́н- (čečén-, root).

Proper noun

車臣

  1. (～共和國) Chechnya (a republic and federal subject of Russia, in the northern Caucasus)
Derived terms
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