Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/kuxur

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

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kopuŕ. See also Proto-Turkic *topïk.

Noun

*kuxur

1. lute

Descendants

• Middle Mongol: ᠬᠤᠭᠤᠷ (quɣur)
• Buryat: хуур (xuur)
• Daur: koor
• East Yugur: xuur
• Kalmyk: хуур (xuur), хур (xur)
• Mongolian: ᠬᠤᠭᠤᠷ (quɣur)
  • Khalkha Mongolian: хуур (xuur)
  • → Chinese: 胡兀兒／胡兀儿 (húwù'ér)
• → Evenki: кӯр (kūr) (Nerchinsk)
• →? Jurchen: qūr
• →⇒ Persian: قهورچی (qohurči, “fiddler”) (obsolete, from *quxurci)

References

• Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎^[1], Utrecht: LOT, page 434