Talk:A-erh-t'ai
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A-erh-t'ai is mentioned (or used?) twice on pages 189-190 (footnote 10) of "SOME NOTES ON THE ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD altai / altay" [1] (2017) by Hüseyin YILDIZ
OCR gives: "10. 480. U(ighur) altan owla اوا التان ;C(hinese) a-le-t’an-e-la 阿勒坦鄂拉; M(ongolian) altan aγula: Cungarcadır. “a-let’an” (altan), “altın” demektir. Eskiden bu dağdan altın çıkarılırdı. Bu yüzden bu adı almıştır. Önceleri buraya A-erh-t’ai 阿爾泰 (Altay) denirdi. Eski kaynaklarda zikredilen Chin 金Dağı’dır // It belongs to Jungar language. “a-le-t’an” (altan) we see means the golden. Formerly, gold extracted from this mountain. That’s why it was so called. At irst it was called here A-erh-t’ai 阿爾泰 (Altai). The mountain that mentioned in ancient sources is Chin 金Mountains. [DTYA 90]" --Geographyinitiative (talk) 12:35, 17 April 2022 (UTC)
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A not obviously attestable synonym of Altai in some it Altai's senses. DCDuring (talk) 19:22, 16 April 2022 (UTC)
- A few potentials: [2][3][4][5][6][7] --Geographyinitiative (talk) 00:26, 17 April 2022 (UTC)
- Look at the dumbasses up at encyclopedia britannica "Altai Mountains, Russian Altay, Mongolian Altayn Nuruu, Chinese (Pinyin) Altai Shan," Unless they mean pinyin beyond Hanyu Pinyin bro [8] --Geographyinitiative (talk) 01:42, 17 April 2022 (UTC)
- "The A-erh-t'ai mountains are famous for the production of gold" 70.172.194.25 02:36, 17 April 2022 (UTC)
RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 23:59, 14 May 2022 (UTC)