during <span class="searchmatch">Middle</span> <span class="searchmatch">Mongol</span> period. ᠬᠠᠷᠠ (qar-a, “black”) + ᠊ᠭᠠᠢ (-ɣai), compare Mongolian хар мод (xar mod, “larch”, literally “black tree”). *<span class="searchmatch">qaraɣai</span> pine...