Daur

== English == === Alternative forms === Dahur, Daghor, Daghur, Dagor, Dagur === Etymology === Official Chinese GB 3304‐91 romanisation. Borrowed from Daur daur and Russian дау́ръ m anim sg (daúr, noun), alternative forms reflect Manchu ᡩᠠᡤᡡᡵ (dagūr), ᡩᠠᡥᡡᡵ (dahūr), and Classical Mongolian ᠳᠠᠭᠤᠷ (daɣur). The ethnonym has been considered to be originated from Khitan ⿰𘲆𘮒 (dau.úr /⁠*dawur⁠/, “middle, central”), a modifier used in the full name of the Liao empire. === Pronunciation === === Noun === Daur (plural Daurs or Daur) A member of an ethnic group (so-called ’nationality’) living in China’s Heilongjiang, Hulunbuir, and northern Xinjiang (Dzungaria), also historically Russia The language of the ethnic group, which belongs to the Mongolic language family. ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === Ethnologue entry for Daur, dta ⁠ === Anagrams === urad, duar, Daru, Adur, Dura, dura