Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/ʒalan

This Proto-Tungusic 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-Tungusic

Etymology

From *ʒala- +‎ *-n.

However, according to Doerfer, the deriving stem is borrowed from Proto-Mongolic *ǰalga- (“to join, connect”).

Noun

*ʒalan

Declension

Declension of *ʒalan

	Singular
Nominative	*ʒalan
Accusative	*ʒalanba
Genitive	*ʒalanŋī
Dative	*ʒalandua
Locative	*ʒalanlā
Ablative	*ʒalandiki
Prolative	*ʒalanli
Elative	*ʒalangiʒi
Instrumental	*ʒalanʒi
Delative	*ʒalanlāki
Directive	*ʒalantiki
Comitative	*ʒalangili

Descendants

Jurchenic:
- Manchu: ᠵᠠᠯᠠᠨ (jalan)
- Kyakala: 扎兰 (zhalan)
Tungusic:
- Northern Tungusic:
  - Even: дялан (ʒalan)
  - Evenki: дялан (ʒalan)
  - Negidal: ӡалан (ʒalan)
- Southern Tungusic:
  - Central:
    - Oroch: дяла(н) (ʒala(n))
    - Udihe: ӡалан (ʒalan)
  - South-Eastern:
    - Nanai: дялан (ʒalan)
    - Orok: ӡала(н) (ʒala(n))
    - Ulch: дяла(н) (ʒala(n))

References

^ Doerfer, Gerhard (1985) Mongolo-Tungusica (in German), Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz, page 23

Benzing, Johannes (1955) Die tungusischen Sprachen. Versuch einer vergleichenden Grammatik (Abhandlungen der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Klasse; 11) (in German), Wiesbaden: Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur in Mainz in Kommission bei Franz Steiner Verlag, page 36
Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 245-246

[1] Doerfer, Gerhard (1985) Mongolo-Tungusica (in German), Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz, page 23