Meanings
daur1
plural daurs · alternative dour
- IndiaobsoleteA foray or hasty expedition.
I have just been out on a daur, in which I killed Murad Buksh, subahdar of the battery which fired on the boats at Cawnpore.
1888, The Life and Opinions of Major-General Sir Charles Metcalfe MacGregor, page 117
Daur2
plural Daurs · alternative Dahur · alternative Daghor · alternative Daghur · alternative Dagor · alternative Dagur
- 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.
Origin
- Russianдау́ръ m anim sg
- Daurdaur
- EnglishDaur
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.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 達斡爾人 /达斡尔人, 達斡爾族 /达斡尔族
- 達斡爾人 /达斡尔人 (Dáwò’ěrrén)person, people
- 達斡爾族 /达斡尔族 (Dáwò'ěrzú)person, people
- 達斡爾語 /达斡尔语 (dáwò'ěr yǔ)language
Japanese ダウール族, ダウール語
- ダウール族 (Daūru zoku)person, people
- ダウール語 (Daūru go)language
Russian дау́р, дау́рка
- дау́р (daúr)person, people
- дау́рка (daúrka)person, people
- дау́рский язы́к (daúrskij jazýk)language
Ukrainian дау́р, дау́рка
- дау́р (daúr)person, people
- дау́рка (daúrka)person, people
- дау́рська мо́ва (daúrsʹka móva)language
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Cite this entry
daur. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/daur
“daur.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/daur. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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