Hodjar

Syllable breakdown

Name meaning and origin

Origin

Nanai (Russia/China)

Meaning

a masculine name from the Nanai people (also known as the Gold or Hezhen), a Tungusic-speaking indigenous people of the Amur River basin spanning the Russian Far East and northeastern China; the Nanai are among the most accomplished fishers and hunters of the taiga-river ecotone, and their material culture — particularly the elaborate fish-skin garments and birchbark canoes adapted to the Amur's dynamic ecology — represents a pinnacle of indigenous technological knowledge; Nanai shamanism, centred on the shaman's role as intermediary between the human community and the spirit masters of the forest and river, is one of the most fully documented shamanic traditions in Asia, and personal names in this tradition often encode relationships with specific spirit beings

Gender

male