Tangut

== English == === Etymology === From a Middle Mongol exonym used by the Mongols, which would become the Classical Mongolian ᠲᠠᠩᠭᠤᠳ (tangɣud) that was phonetically 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》). The designation ultimately derives from Old Turkic 𐱃𐰭𐰆𐱃 (t¹ŋut¹) as attested in the 8th-century Bilgä Qaǧan stele. The English word, and similar forms in European languages, derives from Medieval Latin Tangut (*Tangunt in the Leiden manuscript) from the accounts of William of Rubruck compiled in the 1250s. The English form was attested in the writings of Richard Hakluyt who translated parts of William's accounts in the late 16th century. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɑŋ.ɡʊt/ === Noun === Tangut pl (plural only) A Qiangic people of mediaeval northern China. ==== Translations ==== === Noun === Tangut (plural Tanguts) A member of the Tangut people. ==== Translations ==== === Proper noun === Tangut Their Tibeto-Burman language. The logographic script uniquely used to write their language. ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === Tangut (not generally comparable, comparative more Tangut, superlative most Tangut) Of or pertaining to the Tangut people, language or script. ==== Translations ==== === Derived terms === Tangutology Tangutologist === See also === ISO 639-3 code txg (SIL) Ethnologue entry for Tangut, txg ⁠ Wiktionary’s coverage of Tangut terms === References === === Anagrams === Gauntt, Tatung