Treatise on Armament Technology, Volume 117

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General Categories original: "今門." Used in Ming glossaries to denote a thematic section.	Time Divisions original: "時义." Refers to seasonal or temporal markers.	Autumn Namur original: "納母." Mongolian: Namur.	Second Month Sakhura original: "撒火刺岳兒."	Fifth Month Sara Tabun original: "撒塔刺補." Sara means month; Tabun means five.	Eighth Month Naiman Sara original: "乃蠻刺." Naiman means eight.	Eleventh Month Sakha Sara Arban original: "撒哈撒刺刺斑." Phonetic rendering of the eleventh month.	Day Edür original: "五堵兒." Mongolian: Edür.
Spring Qabur original: "哈補兒." Mongolian: Qabur.	Winter Ebülün original: "五補倫." Mongolian: Ebülün.	Third Month Sara Gurban original: "撒刺古魯班." Gurban means three.	Sixth Month Sara Jirguan original: "撒刺着羅案." Jirguan means six.	Ninth Month Sara Yisun original: "撒以速刺." Yisun means nine.	High Noon Ni original: "仰." Possibly referring to the sun's peak position.	Leap Month Nigül Sara original: "捏兀兒撒刺墨."	Night Söni original: "你速." Mongolian: Söni.
Summer Najir original: "納只兒." Mongolian: Najir.	First Month Sara Khubira original: "撒刺忽必刺."	Fourth Month Sara Dörben original: "撒刺得勒班." Dörben means four.	Seventh Month Sara Doloan original: "撒刺朵羅刺." Doloan means seven.	Tenth Month Sara Arban original: "撒刺哈刺班." Arban means ten.	Twelfth Month Qoyar Arban original: "火岳兒哈刺斑." Qoyar Arban literally "Two-Ten," signifying twelve.	Morning Manayar original: "馬納阿兒." Mongolian: Manayar.	Early Dawn Te original: "早額兒."