Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/gurban

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

**Proto-Mongolic cardinal numbers**
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Cardinal : gurban Ordinal* : gutuxar Distributive* : gurbaxad Collective* : *gurbaxulan

Etymology

Contains the *-ban suffix, which can be seen in some of numbers. Compare Khitan 𘯙 (hur).

Numeral

*gurban

three

Related terms

*gucïn (“thirty”)
*gutuxar (“third”)
*gunan (“three-year-old”)

Descendants

> Middle Mongol: ᠬᠤᠷᠪᠠᠨ (qurban) (inherited)
- Central Mongolic:
  - > Buryat: гурбан (gurban) (inherited)
  - > Classical Mongolian: ᠭᠤᠷᠪᠠ (ɣurba) (inherited)
    - > Khalkha Mongolian: гурав (gurav) (inherited)
    - > Ordos Mongolian: /ɡurwa/ (inherited)
  - > Written Oirat: ᡎᡇᠷᡋᠠᠨ (ɣurban) (inherited)
    - > Kalmyk: һурвн (ğurvn) (inherited)
- Daur: guarebe
- Southern Mongolic:
  - East Yugur:
  - > unspecified script: (inherited)
    Mangghuer: ghuerbang
    
    Mongghul: ghuran
  - Bonan:
    Gansu:
    
    Qinghai:
  - > Kangjia: (inherited)
  - > Dongxiang: ghuran (inherited)
  - > Mogholi: غربان (inherited)