ᠪᡝᡳᠯᡝ

Manchu

Etymology

Inherited from Jurchen  (*bə[ɡ]i-lə, “commander, chieftain”), which has been recorded in Chinese sources as 勃極烈 (bójíliè) and 孛堇 (bójǐn).

Pronunciation

Noun

ᠪᡝᡳᠯᡝ • (beile) (plural ᠪᡝᡳᠰᡝ) (historical)

  1. beile (noble title of the Jurchens and later the Manchus)
  2. noyan (reference to Mongol nobles)
  3. Short for ᡩᠣᡵᠣᡳ
    ᠪᡝᡳᠯᡝ     (doroi beile, “Prince of the Third Rank”)    .

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • → Chagatai:
    • → Uyghur:
      Arabic script: بېلى (bëli)
  • → Classical Mongolian: ᠪᠡᠶᠢᠯᠡ (beyile)
    • Mongolian:
      Mongolian script: ᠪᠡᠶᠢᠯᠡ (beyile)
      Cyrillic script: бэйл (bejl)
    • → Tuvan: бээли (beeli)
  • → Mandarin: 貝勒／贝勒 (bèile)

See also
Mongol noble titles
  • ᡥᠣᠩ
    ᡨᠠᡳᠵᡳ     (hong taiji)
  • ᡨᠠᡳᠵᡳ (taiji)
  • ᠵᡳᠨᠣᠩ (jinong)
  • ᡨᠠᠪᡠᠨᠠᠩ (tabunang)
  • ᠵᠠᡳᠰᠠᠩ (jaisang)
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