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

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 (quraɣ'a)
- Khalkha Mongolian: хурга (xurga)
- Ordos: /xʊrɢa/
Buryat: хурьга(н) (xurʹga(n))
Khamnigan Mongol: xuriga(n), xurigu(n)
Kalmyk: хурһн (hurğn)
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