Reconstruction:Middle Mongol/qaraɣai
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This Middle Mongol 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. |
Middle Mongol
[edit]Reconstruction
[edit]The word is mostly found in Turkic languages, but its late attestation and shape indicate probable transmission during Middle Mongol period.
Etymology
[edit]ᠬᠠᠷᠠ (qar-a, “black”) + ᠊ᠭᠠᠢ (-ɣai), compare Mongolian хар мод (xar mod, “larch”, literally “black tree”).
Noun
[edit]*qaraɣai
Descendants
[edit]- Kalmyk: харһа (xarğa, “pine, plank”)
- Mongolian: харгай (xargaj, “Siberian larch”) (rare)
- → Karakalpak: qaraǵay
- → Karachay-Balkar: къаракъай (qaraqay, “coniferous”)
- → Tatar: карагай (qarağay, “larch tree”)
- → Bashkir: ҡарағай (qarağay, “pine tree”)
- → Kazakh: қарағай (qarağai)
- → Kyrgyz: карагай (karagay, “spruce”)
- → Uzbek: qarag'ay
- → Uyghur: قارىغاي (qarighay, “pine, spruce”)
- → Southern Altai: карагай (karagay)
- → Khakas: харағай (xarağay, “pine tree”)
- → Shor: қарағай