White Hunn.

Brit.

/ˌwʌɪt ˈhʌn/, U.S.

/ˈ(h)waɪt ˈhən/

Forms: see white adj. and n. and Hun n.¹ and adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., Hun n.¹

Etymology: < white adj. + Hun n.¹Compare ancient Greek λευκός white (see leuco- comb. form), used as an epithet of the Ephthalites (in the source translated in quot. 1653). Compare also Sanskrit Śvetahūṇa, lit. ‘White Hun’ (in an isolated source).

historical.

A member of a nomadic people of uncertain origin, also called Ephthalites or Hephthalites, who lived in Bactria in the 5th and 6th centuries a.d.

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Idumaeanc897

PhilistineeOE

PhilisteeOE

Philistianc1375

Midianitea1382

Moabitea1382

Chaldee1382

Scytha1387

Ammonitea1393

Alana1450

Amorite1530

Kenite1535

Scythian1543

Nabatean1555

Illyrian1584

Sabaean1607

Hittite1608

Homerite1613

White Hun1653

Judahite1708

Alarodian1709

Cimmerian1797

Thamudite1833

Himyarite1842

Akkadian1857

Saka1880

Ephthalite1882

Kassite1888

Hurrian1911

Hattian1914

Tarsian1914

Subarian1923

Gutian1928

Urartian1934

Nesite1949

Luvian1961

Eblaite1976

1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius Persian Wars i. 3 in tr. Procopius Hist. Warres Justinian Perozes, King of Persia, with a great Army warred against the Ephthalites (a Nation of Hunnes, called white Hunnes) [Gk. πρὸς τὸ Οὔννων τῶν Ἐϕθαλιτῶν ἔθνος, οὕσπερ λευκοὺς ὀνομάζουσι].

1677 J. Phillips tr. J.-B. Tavernier Short Descr. Kingdoms Euxine Publisher to Rdr. 101 in tr. J.-B. Tavernier Six Voy. (1678) This Mighty Monarch having conquered the Igors or Jugurs, Avares, Chuni or Huns, Abtelites or White Huns, and all other Tribes of Turks and Tartars.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xxvi. 584 The white Huns, a name which they derived from the change of their complexions.

1866 H. Yule Cathay & Way Thither I. p. liv The Yueichi..who became known in the West as Indoscythians, and at a later date as White Huns.

1965 G. Wheeler Mod. Hist. Soviet Central Asia i. 5 In the fifth century southern Turkestan was conquered by the Ephthalites or White Huns.

2010 X. Liu Silk Road in World Hist. iv. 64 The Hephthalites, also known as the White Huns, occupied the territory that had once been ruled by the Kushan Empire.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	white hun
释义	White Hunn. Brit. /ˌwʌɪt ˈhʌn/, U.S. /ˈ(h)waɪt ˈhən/ Forms: see white adj. and n. and Hun n.¹ and adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., Hun n.¹ Etymology: < white adj. + Hun n.¹Compare ancient Greek λευκός white (see leuco- comb. form), used as an epithet of the Ephthalites (in the source translated in quot. 1653). Compare also Sanskrit Śvetahūṇa, lit. ‘White Hun’ (in an isolated source). historical. A member of a nomadic people of uncertain origin, also called Ephthalites or Hephthalites, who lived in Bactria in the 5th and 6th centuries a.d. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > ancient peoples of the Middle East and Asia Minor > [noun] > person Idumaeanc897 PhilistineeOE PhilisteeOE Philistianc1375 Midianitea1382 Moabitea1382 Chaldee1382 Scytha1387 Ammonitea1393 Alana1450 Amorite1530 Kenite1535 Scythian1543 Nabatean1555 Illyrian1584 Sabaean1607 Hittite1608 Homerite1613 White Hun1653 Judahite1708 Alarodian1709 Cimmerian1797 Thamudite1833 Himyarite1842 Akkadian1857 Saka1880 Ephthalite1882 Kassite1888 Hurrian1911 Hattian1914 Tarsian1914 Subarian1923 Gutian1928 Urartian1934 Nesite1949 Luvian1961 Eblaite1976 1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius Persian Wars i. 3 in tr. Procopius Hist. Warres Justinian Perozes, King of Persia, with a great Army warred against the Ephthalites (a Nation of Hunnes, called white Hunnes) [Gk. πρὸς τὸ Οὔννων τῶν Ἐϕθαλιτῶν ἔθνος, οὕσπερ λευκοὺς ὀνομάζουσι]. 1677 J. Phillips tr. J.-B. Tavernier Short Descr. Kingdoms Euxine Publisher to Rdr. 101 in tr. J.-B. Tavernier Six Voy. (1678) This Mighty Monarch having conquered the Igors or Jugurs, Avares, Chuni or Huns, Abtelites or White Huns, and all other Tribes of Turks and Tartars. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xxvi. 584 The white Huns, a name which they derived from the change of their complexions. 1866 H. Yule Cathay & Way Thither I. p. liv The Yueichi..who became known in the West as Indoscythians, and at a later date as White Huns. 1965 G. Wheeler Mod. Hist. Soviet Central Asia i. 5 In the fifth century southern Turkestan was conquered by the Ephthalites or White Huns. 2010 X. Liu Silk Road in World Hist. iv. 64 The Hephthalites, also known as the White Huns, occupied the territory that had once been ruled by the Kushan Empire. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1653
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