Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/ïmaxan
Proto-Mongolic
Reconstruction
Buryat shows an unexplained initial n-.
Etymology
Cognate with Khitan 𘱑𘯺 (ém.a). Related through borrowing or inheritance with Proto-Turkic *ïmga, compare Old Turkic 𐰢𐰍𐰀 ((a)mɣa).
Possibly dividable into *ïma + *-xan, with the latter found in several other animal names.
Noun
*ïmaxan
Hypernyms
Descendants
- Middle Mongolian:
- Uyghur: ᠢᠮᠠᠭᠠ (imag-a), ᠢᠮᠠᠭᠠᠨ (imaɣan)
- Arabic: ايمان (imãn), ايماآن (imaʾan), ايمهآن (imeʾan)
- Armenian: իման (iman) (Kirakos Gandzaketsi)
- Chinese: 亦麻案 (ima'an) (Beilu Yiyu)
- Mongolian:
- Kalmyk: яман (yaman)
- Buryat: ямаа (jamaa)
- Daur: imaa
- East Yugur: maan
- Monguor:
- Mongghul: Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "xgn-mgl" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
- Mangghuer: Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "xgn-mgr" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
- Bonan: imang
- Kangjia: imo
- Dongxiang: iman
- → Proto-Tungusic: *ïmagan
References
- Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)[1], Utrecht: LOT, page 372
- Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, page 312
- Vasilevič, G. M. (1958) Эвэнкийско-Русский словарь [Evenki-Russian dictionary] (in Russian), Moscow: GIS, pages 167-168
- Rozycki, William Vincent (1994) Mongol Elements in Manchu (Uralic and Altaic series; 157), Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University, Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, page 160