also: サラールぞく
Salar people
A Turkic ethnic group mainly in Qinghai and Gansu, China. In Japanese, usually referred to as サラ族.
The Salar people are one of the ethnic minorities in China.
Alternate spelling reflecting the Salar endonym.
Chinese-derived kanji spelling; rarely used in Japanese.
From Salar endonym Salar, via Chinese 撒拉 (Sālā) or direct borrowing. The Japanese form サラ族 combines サラ (Sara) with 族 (zoku, 'ethnic group').