Hunnu

See also: hunnu

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Mongolian ᠬᠣᠨᠨᠣ (qonno) meaning "people" in an old language used by people of the northern steppes referred to as the Northerners (or Northern-lineage; Korean 북방계 (bukbanggye), Mandarin 北方系 (běifāngxì), Japanese 北方系 (Hoppōkei)).

Learned from Latin Hunni, romanization, and Russian Хунну (Xunnu), cyrillization of the word. Doublet of Xiongnu and Hun, romanization of Mandarin 匈奴 (Xiōngnú) and Mandarin 匈 (Xiōng), that are transliteration of the original word, Hunnu, in itself using Hanzi characters with the closest sound.

Proper noun

Hunnu m pl (plural only)

1. Xiongnu; Synonym of Xiongnu

Derived terms

• hunnu

Noun

Hunnu m (plural Hunnus, feminine Hunnue)

1. Xiongnu; Synonym of Xiongnu