Etymology
| Zunghar Khanate | |||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 準噶爾汗國 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 准噶尔汗国 | ||||||
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| Tibetan name | |||||||
| Tibetan | ཛེ་གུན་གར།། | ||||||
| Mongolian name | |||||||
| Mongolian | ᠵᠡᠭᠦᠨ ᠭᠠᠷ ᠤᠨ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨᠲᠣ ᠣᠯᠣᠰ jegün γar-un qaγan-tu ulus |
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| Uyghur name | |||||||
| Uyghur |
جوڭغار Jongghar |
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The word "Dzungar" is a compound of jegün, meaning "left" or "east" and γar meaning "hand" or "wing". The region of Dzungaria derives its name from this confederation. Although the Dzungars were located west of the Eastern Mongols, the derivation of their name has been attributed to the fact that they represented the left wing of the Oirats.
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