沐慩
Middle Mongol
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Mongolic *mören, *müren.
Noun
沐舌慩河 (mù-rián /mören, müren/)
- river
- c. 13th century, Secret History of the Mongols 1a-b:
- 斡難 沐慩訥 帖舌里兀捏 不峏罕 哈勒敦納 嫩禿黒剌周 脫舌列克先 巴塔赤罕 阿主兀
- wò-nán mù-lián-nè tiē-rǐ-wù-niē bù-ér-hǎn hā-lé-dūn-nà nèn-tū-hēi-là-zhōu tuō-riè-kè-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
- 斡難 沐慩訥 帖舌里兀捏 不峏罕 哈勒敦納 嫩禿黒剌周 脫舌列克先 巴塔赤罕 阿主兀
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