Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/kurïgan
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This Proto-Mongolic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 *koŕï + *-gan, see Turkish kuzu.
Noun
*kurïgan
Hypernyms
Descendants
- Middle Mongol:
- Arabic: قوراغان (quraγan), قولاغان (qulaγan) (Muqaddimat), قريْغان (quriγan) (Leiden manuscript)
- Armenian: ղուրղան (łurłan) (Kirakos Gandzaketsi)
- Chinese: 忽兩案) (quriγan) (Beilu Yiyu), (quriqa(n)) (Secret History)
- Mongolian:
- Buryat: хурьга(н) (xurʹga(n))
- Khamnigan Mongol: xuriga(n), xurigu(n)
- Kalmyk: хурһн (xurğn)
- East 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