Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/jujaxan

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

Reconstruction

Completely unproblematic.

Etymology

Connected with Proto-Turkic *yogan (“thick”) (Turkish yoğun) by EDAL.

Adjective

*jujaxan

1. thick

Descendants

• Middle Mongol:
  • Mongolian: ᠵᠤᠵᠠᠭᠠᠨ (ǰuǰaɣan)
  • Arabic: جوجآن (juja'an) (Muqaddimat)
  • Chinese: 主扎安 (jujaan) (Beilu Yiyu), [script needed] (juja'an) (Secret History)
• Mongolian:
  • Classical: ᠵᠤᠵᠠᠭᠠᠨ (ǰuǰaɣan)
  • Khalkha Mongolian: зузаан (zuzaan)
  • Ordos: /d͡ʒʊd͡ʒaːn/
• Buryat: зузаан (zuzaan)
• Khamnigan Mongol: zuzaan
• Kalmyk: зузан (zuzan)
• Daur: jujaan
• East Yugur: jujaan
• Monguor:
  • Mangghuer: zhuzhuang
  • Mongghul: jujuan
• Bonan: jijang
• Kangjia: jijo
• Dongxiang: zhuzhan
• Mogholi: jujå, جُجان (jujān) (Zirni manuscript)

Further reading

• Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎^[1], Utrecht: LOT, page 393