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Borjigin.

The clan which Genghis Khan was a member of

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Meaning & usage

name/ˈbɔː(ɹ)d͡ʒɪɡɪn/
  1. The clan which Genghis Khan was a member of

Where this word comes from

From Mongolian ᠪᠣᠷᠵᠢᠭᠢᠨ (borǰiɣin). According to Rashid al-Din Hamadani, in his Jāmi‘ al-Tawārīkh, and later Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur, in his Genealogy of the Turks, this name meant 'having eyes of the color اشهل (ašhal) ~ شهلا (šahlā)', i.e. 'dark blue eyes', which Genghis Khan and his brothers reputedly all had. However, according to Igor de Rachewiltz, "The etymology of the name Borjigin is uncertain. The unreliable interpretation given by Rašīd (borjigin = 'man with dark blue eyes') accounts, through a further misunderstanding, also for the imaginary grey (pmo., mo. boro), or cat's eyes of Činggis Qan, regularly ascribed to the conqueror by modern authors."

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