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乃蠻
古代民族 / 維基百科,自由的 encyclopedia
乃蠻(蒙古語:ᠨᠠᠢᠮᠠᠨ,西里爾字母:найман,意為「八」),古代突厥-蒙古混合部落,有可能是蒙古化的突厥人或是突厥化的蒙古人,於11世紀開始居住在蒙古高原西部。遼金時游牧於阿爾泰山與杭愛山之間,北接斡亦剌惕,西界高昌回鶻。講突厥語,可能也有蒙古語族群在部落內,使用畏兀兒文字。他們有一突厥名「sakiz oghuz」(八姓烏古斯人,別帖乞乃蠻歹),又可音譯「乃馬、乃滿、廼蠻、奈曼、奈蠻、耐滿、粘拔恩、粘八葛、粘八噶」等。乃蠻被蒙古所滅後,故地在1225年被成吉思汗封給其子窩闊台。元至大二年(1309年),窩闊台汗國被察合台汗國及元朝瓜分。