ᡴᠠᡵᡠᠨ

Manchu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [qʰa.run]

Noun

ᡴᠠᡵᡠᠨ • (karun)

1. sentry
2. sentry post, checkpoint

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• → Chinese: 卡倫 / 卡伦 (kǎlún, qiǎlún) (Mandarin transliteration, orthographically partially calque)