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Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/jujaxan
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Proto-Mongolic
Reconstruction
Completely unproblematic.
Etymology
Connected with Proto-Turkic *yogan (“thick”) (Turkish yoğun) by EDAL.
Adjective
*jujaxan
- thick
Descendants
- Middle Mongol:
- Mongolian: ᠵᠤᠵᠠᠭᠠᠨ (ǰuǰaɣan)
- Arabic: جوجآن (juja'an) (Muqaddimat)
- Chinese: 主扎安 (jujaan) (Beilu Yiyu), [script needed] (juja'an) (Secret History)
- Mongolian:
- Classical: ᠵᠤᠵᠠᠭᠠᠨ (ǰuǰaɣan)
- Khalkha Mongolian: зузаан (zuzaan)
- Ordos: /d͡ʒʊd͡ʒaːn/
- Buryat: зузаан (zuzaan)
- Khamnigan Mongol: zuzaan
- Kalmyk: зузан (zuzan)
- Daur: jujaan
- East Yugur: jujaan
- Monguor:
- Mangghuer: zhuzhuang
- Mongghul: jujuan
- Bonan: jijang
- Kangjia: jijo
- Dongxiang: zhuzhan
- Mogholi: jujå, جُجان (jujān) (Zirni manuscript)
Further reading
- Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation), Utrecht: LOT, page 393