Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/tarbagan

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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

Etymology

Sometimes connected with Ulch, Nanai тарга (targa, beaver), which themselves may be compared with Nivkh тʼаӻр (tʼaġr, chipmunk).

Perhaps separable into *tarba- +‎ *-gan, with the second element recurring in other animal names.

Noun

*tarbagan

  1. marmot

Descendants

References

  • Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎, Utrecht: LOT, page 512
  • Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, page 167
  • Rozycki, William Vincent (1994) Mongol Elements in Manchu (Uralic and Altaic series; 157), Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University, Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, page 264