Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/naxur

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

Shirongolic shows monophtongization found in several other etymons.

Shortening in Kalmyk is irregular.

Etymology

Perhaps related to Proto-Tungusic *ńarụ, compare Evenki ня̄рут (ņārut, “lake”).

Noun

*naxur

lake

Descendants

Middle Mongolian:
- Uyghur: ᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ (naɣur)
- Arabic:
  Istanbul vocabulary: نَوُر‎
  
  Ibn-Muhanna: ناوُر‎
- Armenian: նաուր (naur) (Kirakos Gandzaketsi)
- Chinese:
  Beilu Yiyu: 惱兀兒 (nawur)
  
  Secret History: [script needed] (na'ur)
  
  Zhiyuan Yiyu: [script needed] (lao-eul)
Mongolian:
- Classical: ᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ (naɣur)
- Khalkha: нуур (nuur)
- Ordos: /nʊːr/
Kalmyk: нур (nur)
Buryat: нуур (nuur)
Khamnigan Mongol: nuur
Daur: naur
Eastern Yugur: nuur
Monguor:
- Mongghul: noor, (nore)
- Mangghuer: [Term?] (nor)
Dongxiang: no, noer

References

Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎, Utrecht: LOT, page 453
Sun Zhu (1990) 蒙古语族语言词典 [Dictionary of Mongolic Languages] (in Chinese), Qinghai, page 516

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