daur(m): age, era, period

Description of daur: The word daur primarily refers to a Mongolic ethnic group native to Northeast China, though it also has a Scottish linguistic meaning. The Daur people, who call themselves by this name meaning "cultivator," are one of China's fifty-six officially recognized ethnic minorities, numbering approximately , as of . Unlike other Mongolian groups, the Daur speak an archaic Mongolian dialect preserving thirteenth-century linguistic features. Differs from neighboring ethnic groups through their