Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/sara

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

*sara.

Etymology

Probably related to Khitan 賽咿兒 (sair).

Compare typologically Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), whence Russian ме́сяц (mésjac), Latin mēnsis, English moon, month and many others.

Noun

*sara

1. moon

   Coordinate term: *naran (“sun”)

2. month

Descendants

• Middle Mongol:
  • [Term?]
  • Arabic: سارا (sârâ)(Muqaddimat)
  • Chinese: 撒^舌剌 (sara)(Hua-Yi yiyu)
• Mongolian:
  • Classical: ᠰᠠᠷᠠ (sara)
  • Khalkha Mongolian: сар (sar)
• Oirat:
  • Kalmyk: сар (sar)
• Buryat: һара (hara)
• Daur: sar
• East Yugur: sara
• Monguor
  • Mangghuer: sara
  • Mongghul: sara
• Bonan: sara, sarə
• Kangjia: sara, cara
• Dongxiang: sara

Further reading

• Nugteren, Hans (2011), Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎^[1], Utrecht: LOT, page 483