Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/čïraï

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

Noun

*čïraï

  1. (anatomy) face

Descendants

  • Middle Mongol:
    Han script: [Term?] (/⁠čirai⁠/) (Secret History of the Mongols)
    Arabic script: [Term?] (/⁠čirai⁠/) (Muqaddimat al-Adab)
    • Central Mongolic:
    • Daur: [Term?] (/⁠šar⁠/)
    • Southern Mongolic:
      • Shirongolic:
        • Monguor:
          • Mangghuer: [Term?] (/⁠ćire⁠/)
          • Mongghul: [Term?] (/⁠ćiræi⁠/)
    • → Chagatai: چیرای (čyrāy), 𐽽𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽶 (cyrʾy /⁠čıray⁠/) — Uyghur script, چیرا (čyrā /⁠čıra⁠/), جیرای (jyrāy /⁠čıray⁠/)
    • → Crimean Tatar: çıray
    • → Kazakh: шырай (şyrai)
    • → Kyrgyz: чырай (cıray)
    • → Southern Altai: чырай (čïray)
    • →⇒ Turkmen: çyraýly
    • → Tuvan: шырай (şıray)
    • → Yakut: сирэй (sirey)

Further reading

  • Nugteren, Hans (2011), Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎[1], Utrecht: LOT, page 303
  • Poppe, Nicholas (1955), Introduction to Mongolian comparative studies, Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen Seura, page 113
  • Sanžejev, G. D.; Orlovskaja, M. N.; Ševernina, Z. V. (2015), Etimologičeskij slovarʹ mongolʹskix jazykov: v 3 t. [Etymological dictionary of Mongolic languages: in 3 vols.] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 147
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