Vocabulary on ‘Animal Body Parts’ in Mongolian languages (involving Turkic material)
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https://doi.org/10.25178/nit.2025.1.11Keywords:
Khalkha-Mongolian language; Buryat language; Kalmyk language; Classical Mongolian; Classical Kalmyk; Turkic languages; lexicon; nomadic animal husbandryAbstract
The article examines the lexical category denoting the names of body parts of domestic animals in the Khalkha-Mongolian, Buryat, and Kalmyk languages from a comparative-historical perspective, incorporating Turkic linguistic material. The novelty of the study lies in the introduction of field data collected during an expedition to the Okinsky District of the Republic of Buryatia in the summer of 2022.
The analysis of the collected material allowed for the division of the section “Animal Body Parts” into two lexical-semantic groups: terms for external organs and terms for internal organs of animals. The authors conclude that all the key terms in this category were borrowed from Turkic languages. This is supported by common origins and the ancient material and economic culture shared by the Turkic-Mongolic ethnic groups. Nevertheless, some terms of Mongolic origin are also present, appearing in various phonetic variants.
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Trofimova S. M. and Mukharinov V. M. Vocabulary on ‘Animal Body Parts’ in Mongolian languages (involving Turkic material). New Research of Tuva, 2025, no. 1, pp. 146-155 (In Russ.). DOI: https://doi.org/10.25178/nit.2025.1.11
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Svetlana M. Trofimova, B. B. Gorodovikov Kalmytsky State University
Doctor of Philology, Professor, Department of Russian Language and General Linguistics, Russian and Foreign Literature Department, Faculty of Humanities, B. B. Gorodovikov Kalmyk State University.
Postal address: 11 Pushkin St., 358000, Elista, Russia.
E-mail: trofimovasm@mail.ru
Valery M. Mukharinov, Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kalmykia
Leading specialist, Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kalmykia.
Postal address: 18 Pushkin St., 358000, Russia, Elista.
E-mail: vmuharinov@yandex.ru
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