Yuezhi

See also: yuezhi

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 月氏 (Yuèzhī, literally “Moon Clan”) or 月支 (Yuèzhī, literally “Moon Branch”).

Noun

Yuezhi pl (plural only)

An ancient Indo-European people who originally settled in the arid grasslands of the eastern Tarim Basin area, in what is today Xinjiang and western Gansu, in China, before migrating to Transoxiana, Bactria and then northern South Asia, where one branch of the Yuezhi founded the Kushan Empire.

Synonyms

Rouzhi

Translations

ancient Indo-European people

Chinese:
Mandarin: 月氏 (zh) (yuèzhī), 月支 (zh) (yuèzhī)

Finnish: yuezhit pl, yuezhi-kansa

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