Etymology

Magyar

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Today it means: A Hungarian individual, especially in the sense of an ethnic Hungarian. Full definition →

Hungarian magyar ← urj-ugr-pro *mańćɜ
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  1. urj-ugr-pro · derived from*mańćɜ“man, person”
  2. Hungarian · borrowed frommagyar
  3. English todayMagyar

From Hungarian magyar, from Proto-Ugric *mańćɜ (“man, person”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.