Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/döligen

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

*dölü-gen

Etymology

From an ancient dead verb *döli- +‎ *-gen. Compared to Proto-Turkic *töle-k (“tranquil, sedate, quiet”), Proto-Tungusic *dulu-m (“quite, peaceful, easy”). The root verb is only found in Turkic. See dölenmek (“to calm down; to rest”).

Noun

*döligen

quiet
peaceful

Descendants

Middle Mongol:
- Mongolian: [script needed] (dolüeyen)
- Arabic: [script needed] (dolüeyen)
Mongolian:
- Classical: [script needed] (döligen, dölügen)
- → Buryat: [script needed] (dülgēn)
- → Khalkha:[Term?] (dölgȫn)
Central Mongolic:
- Ordos: dölȫ(n)
Western Mongolic:
- Kalmyk: [script needed] (dölɛ̄n)

References

Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*döle-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
“dölenmek”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), volume 4, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1969