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Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/döligen

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

Alternative reconstructions
  • *dölü-gen

Etymology

From an ancient dead verb *döli- +‎ *-gen. Compared to Proto-Turkic *töle-k (“tranquil, sedate, quiet”), Proto-Tungusic *dulu-m (“quite, peaceful, easy”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) The root verb is only found in Turkic. See dölenmek (“to calm down; to rest”).

Noun

*döligen

  1. quiet
  2. peaceful

Descendants
  • Middle Mongol:
    • Mongolian: [script needed] (dolüeyen)
    • Arabic: [script needed] (dolüeyen)
  • Mongolian:
    • Classical: [script needed] (döligen, dölügen)
    • → Buryat: [script needed] (dülgēn)
    • → Khalkha:[Term?] (dölgȫn)
  • Central Mongolic:
    • Ordos: dölȫ(n)
  • Western Mongolic:
    • Kalmyk: [script needed] (dölɛ̄n)

References
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*döle-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  • “dölenmek”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), volume 4, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1969
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