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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)‎, 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
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