ᠵᠢᠯ

Middle Mongol

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Mongolic *ǰil (“year”), from Proto-Turkic *yïl (“year”).[1][2] Cognate to Old Uyghur 𐽶𐽶𐾁 (yyl /⁠yïl⁠/, “year”), Turkish yıl (“year”), Uyghur يىل (yil, “year”).

Noun

ᠵᠢᠯ (yyl /ǰil/)

  1. year
    Synonym: ᠣᠨ (ʾwn /⁠on⁠/)

Descendants

  • Central Mongolic:

References

  1. ^ Nugteren, Hans (2011), Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎[1], Utrecht: LOT, pages 388-389
  2. ^ 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 74

Further reading

  • D. Tumurtogoo, editor (2006), Mongolian monuments in Uighur-Mongolian script (XIII-XVI centuries) (Language and Linguistics monograph series; A-11), Taipei: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, page 429
  • D. Tumurtogoo, editor (2010), Mongolian monuments in ʾPhags-pa script (Language and Linguistics monograph series; 42), Taipei: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, page 186
  • Haenisch, Erich (1939), Wörterbuch zu Mangḥol un Niuca Tobca’an (Yüan-Ch‘ao Pi-Shi) geheime Geschichte der Mongolen [Dictionary of the Secret History of the Mongols] (in German), Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, page 90
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