Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/jirüken

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

Etymology

Maybe related with Proto-Turkic *yürek. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*jirüken

1. heart

Descendants

• Mongolian:
  • Classical: ᠵᠢᠷᠦᠬᠡ (ǰirüke)
  • Khalkha Mongolian: зүрх (zürx)
• Buryat: зүрхэн (zürxen)
• Khamnigan Mongol: дзүрэкү (dzürekü)
• Kalmyk: зүркн (zürkn)
• Monguor:
  • Mongghul: jirihga
  • Mangghuer: zhuerge
• Bonan: jirge
• Kangjia: jirge
• Dongxiang: zhugve

Further reading

• Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎^[1], Utrecht: LOT, page 328
• Rozycki, William Vincent (1994) Mongol Elements in Manchu (Uralic and Altaic series; 157), Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University, Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, page 98