Overview of some ethnonyms in the monument "True records of the Mongols of the Qing Empire"
The composition of the Manchu ethnonyms in the early period of the Qing Empire is discussed in the article. Extracted materials on the Manchu ethnonyms from the written monument of the period of the Qing Empire on the history of the Mongols are introduced into scientific parlance and clarify the tribal composition of the Manchus at the beginning period of the formation of this empire and their settlement and will serve as additional material for further comparative ethnographic and linguistic studies. A list of names of the Manchu clans and tribes is presented, the way of forming ethnonyms, indicating, if possible, the place of their settlement is identified. The article provides an overview of 28 names of the Manchu tribes. The lexico-semantic group of ethnonyms does not constitute a homogeneous phenomenon, and can be grouped into four types depending on the ethnonym's motivating stem: an unidentified stem, stems based on the name of hydronym, the name of the area, and borrowing from the Chinese language.