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Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/dorugun

Proto-Mongolic

Etymology

Perhaps analyzable as *doru- +‎ *-gun. Also compared to Proto-Turkic *yorukan (“badger, suslik”) by EDAL.

Noun

*dorugun

  1. badger

See also
  • *borki (“old badger”)

Descendants
  • Mongolian:
    • Khalkha Mongolian: дорго (dorgo)
    • Buryat: доргон (dorgon)
    • Kalmyk: зорхн (zorxn)

References
  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1985) Mongolo-Tungusica (in German), Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz, page 39
  • Rozycki, William Vincent (1994) Mongol Elements in Manchu (Uralic and Altaic series; 157), Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University, Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, page 62
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