ᠠᡥᡡᠨ

Manchu

Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *ake, compare Evenki акин (akin), Even акан (akan), Nanai ага.

Pronunciation

(standard) IPA^(key): [a.χʊn]

Noun

ᠠᡥᡡᠨ • (ahūn) (plural ᠠᡥᡡᠨᡨᠠ)

elder brother
a respectful term used to address someone who is older but in the same generation as the speaker

See also

ᡩᡝᠣ (deo, “younger brother”)

Adjective

ᠠᡥᡡᠨ • (ahūn)

(of man) older
- 1650, Luo Guanzhong, Kicungge, Fan Wencheng, Garin et al., transl., Ilan gurun i bithe [Romance of the Three Kingdoms]:
  ᡯᠶ
  ᠯᡠᠩ
  ᠵᠣᠣᡶᠠᠨ
  ᠴᡳ
  ᡩᡠᡳᠨ
  ᠪᡳᠶᠠ
  ᠠᡥᡡᠨ᠉
  dzy lung joofan ci duin biya ahūn.
  Zilong is four months older than Zhao Fan.

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