tangoute

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Tangut (*Tangunt in the Leiden manuscript) from the accounts of William of Rubruck compiled in the 1250s, from Old Turkic 𐱃𐰭𐰆𐱃 (t¹ŋut¹) as attested in the 8th-century Bilgä Qaǧan stele, originally from an exonym in Middle Mongol transcribed in Ming-era Early Mandarin Chinese as 唐兀惕 (/*tʰaŋ(ŋ)ut/) in the Chinese edition of the Secret History of the Mongols (《元朝秘史》).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɑ̃.ɡut/
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Noun

tangoute m

  1. Tangut language
  2. Tangut script

Adjective

tangoute

  1. of the Tangut language
  2. of the Tangut people
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