Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/nidurga

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

Cognate to Proto-Turkic *ńudruk.^[1] According to Clauson, the word is borrowed from Turkic.^[2] However, the word can be derived from *nidu- (“to push, stretch”).^[3]

Noun

*nidurga

fist

Descendants

Middle Mongol:
- Central Mongolic:
  - Classical Mongolian: ᠨᠢᠳᠤᠷᠭ᠎ᠠ (nidurg-a)
    - Mongolian: нударга (nudarga)
    - Buryat: нюдарга (njudarga)
    - → Manchu: ᠨᡠᠵᠠᠨ (nujan)
- Southern Mongolic:
  - Shirongolic:
    - Monguor: нудурҕа
- → Evenki: нидурга (ņidurga), нурга (nurga)

References

^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “yumruk”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
^ Clauson, Gerard (1962), Turkish and Mongolian studies‎^[1], London: Royal Asiatic Society, page 228
^ Sanžejev, G. D.; Orlovskaja, M. N.; Ševernina, Z. V. (2016), Etimologičeskij slovarʹ mongolʹskix jazykov: v 3 t. [Etymological dictionary of Mongolic languages: in 3 vols.] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 196

[1] Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “yumruk”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

[2] Clauson, Gerard (1962), Turkish and Mongolian studies‎^[1], London: Royal Asiatic Society, page 228

[3] Sanžejev, G. D.; Orlovskaja, M. N.; Ševernina, Z. V. (2016), Etimologičeskij slovarʹ mongolʹskix jazykov: v 3 t. [Etymological dictionary of Mongolic languages: in 3 vols.] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 196

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