沐慩

Middle Mongol

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Mongolic *mören, *müren.

Noun

(mù-rián /mören, müren/)

  1. river
    • c. 13th century, Secret History of the Mongols 1a-b:
      斡難 沐慩訥里兀捏 不峏罕 哈敦納 嫩禿剌周 脫先 巴塔赤罕 阿主兀
      wò-nán mù-lián-nè tiē-rǐ-wù-niē bù-ér-hǎn hā--dūn-nà nèn-tū-hēi-là-zhōu tuō-riè--xiān bā-tǎ-chì-hǎn ā-zhǔ-wù
      /Onan müren-nü teri’ün-e Burqan-qaldun-na nuntuqlaǰu töreksen Batačiqan aǰu'u/
      There was Batačiqan which was born when they had encamped at the head of Onon River, at [Mount] Burqan Qaldun

Descendants

  • Central Mongolic:
  • Daur: [Term?] (/⁠mur⁠/)
  • Southern Mongolic:
    • East Yugur: [Term?] (/⁠mʉren, mere:n⁠/)
    • Shirongolic:
      • Bonan: [Term?] (/⁠moruŋ⁠/)
      • Dongxiang: [Term?] (/⁠moran, moron⁠/)
      • Kangjia: [Term?] (/⁠meræn⁠/)
      • Monguor:
        • Mangghuer:
        • Mongghul: [Term?] (/⁠muro:n⁠/)

Further reading

  • 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
  • Nugteren, Hans (2011), Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎[1], Utrecht: LOT, page 448