Tungan
noun
Tun·gan
(ˈ)təŋ¦gän,
(ˈ)tu̇ŋ-
variants or less commonly Dungan
(ˈ)də-,
(ˈ)du̇-
plural Tungan or Tungans also Dungan or Dungans
1
a
: a people of Turkestan found also in large numbers in Kansu Province and the Sining region of Chinghai Province in northwest China
b
: a member of such people
2
: the language of the Tungan people
Word History
Etymology
German Tunganen, Dunganen, from Jagatai Döngan, probably from dönmek to convert
- hackamores
- hackathon
- hackathons
- hackbarrow
- hackberries
- hackberry
- hackbolts
- hackbut
- hackbuteer
- hackbuteers
- neighborhoods
- neighboring
- neighboring note
- neighboring tone
- neighborings
- neighborless
- neighborlier
- neighborliest
- neighborlike
- neighborliness
- neighborlinesses
- neighborly
- neighborrer
- neighborrest
- neighbors