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Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/juljïgan

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

Alternative reconstructions
  • *juljagan

Etymology

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

Noun

*juljïgan

  1. young of an animal, cub

Descendants
  • Middle Mongol:
    • Mongolian: ᠵᠤᠯᠵᠢᠭᠨ (ǰulǰiɣn)
    • Arabic: جلجاغان, جولجاغان (juljaghan) (Muqaddimat), [script needed] (juljiqan) (Leiden Vocabulary)
    • Phags-Pa: ꡆꡟꡙ
      ꡆꡞ
      ꡢ
      ꡋꡟ       (jul-ji-q-nu)
  • Mongolian:
    • Classical: ᠵᠤᠯᠵᠠᠭ
      ᠠ       (ǰulǰag a)
    • Khalkha Mongolian: зулзага (zulzaga)
    • Ordos: /d͡ʒʊld͡ʒaɢa/
  • Buryat: зулзага (zulzaga)
  • Khamnigan Mongol: zulzaga(n), zulzugu(n)
  • Daur: jieljig
  • Kalmyk: зулҗһн (zuljğn), зулзһн (zulzğn) (obsolete)
  • East Yugur: jiljighan
  • Monguor:
    • Mongghul: jilijigha
    • Mangghuer: zhuzhughuer
  • Bonan:
  • Kangjia: jinjigha
  • Dongxiang: zhunzhagva

Further reading
  • Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎, Utrecht: LOT, page 393
  • Sanžejev, G. D., Orlovskaja, M. N., Ševernina, Z. V. (2016) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ mongolʹskix jazykov: v 3 t. [Etymological dictionary of Mongolic languages: in 3 vols.] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 90
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