ꡝ ꡛ ꡘ ꡢꡟ

Middle Mongol

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Mongolic *asara- (to take care of, bring up, raise)[1]

Verb




ꡢꡟ
("-s-r-qu /asaraqu/)

  1. (transitive) to take care of, nurse

Descendants

  • Central Mongolic:
    • Classical Mongolian: ᠠᠰᠠᠷᠠᠬᠤ (asaraqu)
      • Mongolian: асрах (asrax)
      • Buryat: асарха (asarxa)
    • Written Oirat:
      • Kalmyk: асрх (asrx)
  • Daur: [Term?] (/⁠asər-⁠/)
  • Southern Mongolic:
    • East Yugur: [Term?] (/⁠hsəra⁠/), [Term?] (/⁠sra-⁠/), [Term?] (/⁠asara-⁠/)
    • Shirongolic:
      • Mongghul: [Term?] (/⁠asïra-⁠/)
  • Chagatai: اسراماق (ʾsrāmāq /⁠asramaq⁠/)
  • Kyrgyz: асыроо (asıroo)
  • Old Anatolian Turkish: اسرامق (asramaq)
    • Turkish: (dialectal) asramak
  • Salar: asırağusı
  • Tuvan: [Term?] (/⁠azïra-⁠/)[2]

References

  1. ^ Nugteren, Hans (2011), Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎[1], Utrecht: LOT, page 274
  2. ^ Khabtagaeva, Bayarma (2009), Mongolic Elements in Tuvan, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, page 29

Further reading

  • D. Tumurtogoo, editor (2010), Mongolian monuments in ʾPhags-pa script (Language and Linguistics monograph series; 42), Taipei: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, page 181