Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/kurïgan

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

1. lamb

Hypernyms

• *konïn (“sheep”)

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), [script needed] (quriqa(n)) (Secret History)
• Mongolian:
  • Classical: ᠬᠤᠷᠠᠭ᠎ᠠ (qurag-a)
  • Khalkha Mongolian: хурга (xurga)
  • Ordos: /xʊrɢa/
• 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)‎^[1], Utrecht: LOT, page 433
• Doerfer, Gerhard (1985) Mongolo-Tungusica (in German), Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz, page 131