Tunghan

Japanese: Tunghan
Tunghan

…A name of Eastern Turkish origin referring to the Hui people of northwestern China. The original Eastern Turkish form is Tunghan. The most popular theory is that it is a derivative of the verb tönmäk (to turn, to move), and it is said to mean "one who has returned to the correct faith" or to be a translation of the Chinese word "hui hui" ("round").

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Tunghan" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…中国西北部の回族を指す東トルコ語起源の名称。東トルコ語の元の形はトゥンガンTunghan。動詞tönmäk(回る,向かう)の派生語とする説が有力で,〈正しい信仰に立ち戻った者〉の意とも,中国語〈回回〉の訳語ともいう。…

※「Tunghan」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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