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Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/kurïgan

This Proto-Mongolic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Mongolic

Reconstruction

Some forms derive from syncopated *kurgan, lowering of the middle vowel in Muqaddimat is unexplained.

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *koŕɨ + *-gan, see Turkish kuzu.

Noun

*kurïgan

  1. lamb

Hypernyms

Descendants

  • Middle Mongolian:
  • Mongolian:
    • Classical: ᠬᠤᠷᠠᠭ᠎ᠠ (quraɣ-a)
    • Khalkha: хурга (hurga)
    • Ordos: /xʊrɢa/
  • Buryat: хурьга(н) (xurʹga(n))
  • Khamnigan Mongol: xuriga(n), xurigu(n)
  • Kalmyk: хурһн (xurhn)
  • Eastern Yugur: xurghan
  • Monguor:
    • Mangghuer: khuerghuer
    • Mongghul: hurigha
  • Bonan: ghurghang, xurghang
  • Kangjia: ghurghun
  • Dongxiang: ghugvan
  • Mogholi: qurghan, qorghan
  • Southern Altai: кураган (kuragan)
  • Evenki: курка̄н (kurkān) (Nerchinsk)
  • Jurchen: houo-li-han

Further reading

  • Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation), Utrecht: LOT, page 433
  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1985) Mongolo-Tungusica (in German), Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz, page 131
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