ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ

Mongolian edit

Etymology edit

From Classical Mongolian ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ (moŋɣol), from Middle Mongol ᠮᠣᠩᠬᠣᠯ (moŋqol).

Compare also Buryat монгол (mongol), Written Oirat ᡏᡆᡊᡎᡆᠯ (mongɣol), Kalmyk моңһл (moñğl); Tuvan моол (mool), Khakas моол (mool), Southern Altai моҥол (moŋol); Jurchen [script needed] (*moŋgu), Manchu ᠮᠣᠩᡤᠣ (monggo); etc.

Sükhbataar (1992) and de la Vaissière (2021) derive this ethonym from the personal name of the Rouran Khaganate's progenitor, who is known in Chinese-language sources as 木骨閭 (MC muwk kwot ljo);^[1]^[2] the original Tuoba word, meaning 首禿 "bald-headed" and cognate with Middle Mongol [script needed] (muqular, “bald, hornless”) (> Mongolian мухар (muxar, “bald, hornless, tailless; blunt, dull”)), has been reconstructed as muqo-lo ~ moqo-lo by Vovin (2007: 200-202)^[3] and mʊqʊlɪ by Shimunek (2017: 147-148).^[4]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈmɔŋkɔɮ/
Syllabification: мон‧гол (2 syllables)

Noun edit

ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ • (moŋɣol) (Cyrillic spelling монгол (mongol), definite plural ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯᠴᠤᠳ)

Mongol, Mongolian (person, people)

Declension edit

Declension of ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ


nominative	ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ (moŋɣol)
genitive	ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠤᠨ (moŋɣol-un)
substantive genitive	ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠳᠤ (moŋɣol-du)
dative-locative	ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠢ (moŋɣol-i)
definite accusative	ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠠᠴᠠ (moŋɣol-ača)
ablative	ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠢᠶᠠᠷ (moŋɣol-iyar)
instrumental	ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠲᠠᠢ (moŋɣol-tai)
comitative	ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠷᠤ (moŋɣol-ru)
directional	[Term?]

Adjective edit

ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ • (moŋɣol) (Cyrillic spelling монгол (mongol))

Mongol, Mongolian
ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ
ᠬᠡᠯᠡ
moŋɣol kele
Mongolian language

References edit

^ Г. Сүхбаатар (1992) “Монгол Нирун улс [Mongol Nirun (Rouran) state]”, in Монголын эртний түүх судлал, III боть [Historiography of Ancient Mongolia, Volume III] (in Mongolian), volume 3, pages 330–550
^ de la Vaissière, É. (2021). “The Origin of the Name ‘Mongol’”. International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics, 3(2), 266-271. tentative draft
^ Vovin, A. (2007). “Once Again on the Tabgač Language”. Mongolian Studies, 29, 191–206. http://www.jstor.org/stable/43193441
^ Shimunek, Andrew E (2017) Languages of Ancient Southern Mongolia and North China: A Historical-Comparative Study of the Serbi or Xianbei Branch of the Serbi-Mongolic Language Family, with an Analysis of Northeastern Frontier Chinese and Old Tibetan Phonology

[1] Г. Сүхбаатар (1992) “Монгол Нирун улс [Mongol Nirun (Rouran) state]”, in Монголын эртний түүх судлал, III боть [Historiography of Ancient Mongolia, Volume III] (in Mongolian), volume 3, pages 330–550

[2] Vaissière, É. (2021). “The Origin of the Name ‘Mongol’”. International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics, 3(2), 266-271. tentative draft

[3] Vovin, A. (2007). “Once Again on the Tabgač Language”. Mongolian Studies, 29, 191–206. http://www.jstor.org/stable/43193441

[4] Shimunek, Andrew E (2017) Languages of Ancient Southern Mongolia and North China: A Historical-Comparative Study of the Serbi or Xianbei Branch of the Serbi-Mongolic Language Family, with an Analysis of Northeastern Frontier Chinese and Old Tibetan Phonology

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