Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/gurban

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

Proto-Mongolic cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : *gurban     Ordinal : *gutuxar     Distributive : *gurbaxad     Collective : *gurbaxulan

Etymology

Contains the *-ban suffix, which can be seen in some of numbers. Compare Khitan 𘯙 (hur).

Numeral

*gurban

1. three

Related terms

• *gucïn (“thirty”)
• *gutuxar (“third”)
• *gunan (“three-year-old”)

Descendants

• Central Mongolic:
  • Middle Mongol: ᠬᠤᠷᠪᠠᠨ (qurban)
    • Buryat: гурбан (gurban)
    • Classical Mongolian: ᠭᠤᠷᠪᠠ (ɣurba)
      • Khalkha Mongolian: гурав (gurav)
      • Ordos Mongolian: /ɡurwa/
    • Written Oirat: ᡎᡇᠷᡋᠠᠨ (ɣurban)
      • Kalmyk: һурвн (ğurvn)
  • Daur: guarebe
• Southern Mongolic:
  • • Monguor:

      Mangghuer: ghuerbang

      Mongghul: ghuran

    • Dongxiang: ghuran
• Mogholi: غُرْبَان (ġurbān /⁠ġurban⁠/)

See also

• *dörben (“four”)
• *tabun (“five”)

Further reading

• Nugteren, Hans (2011), Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎^[1], Utrecht: LOT, page 344