Etymology

Nanai

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Today it means: A Tungusic people of China and the Russian Far East Full definition →

Russian нанайский ← gld нани
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  1. gld · derived fromнай
  2. gld · derived fromнани
  3. Russian · borrowed fromнанайский
  4. English todayNanai

Borrowed from Russian нанайский (nanajskij) or нанаец (nanajec), probably from Nanai нани (nani), which is an endonym used by both Nanai and Ulch people. Alternatively, from Nanai най (naj).

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