The Origin of the Name ‘Mongol’

Yıl 2022, Cilt: 1 Sayı: 1, 179 - 183, 12.06.2022

Çevirmen: Hilal Okul

Öz

This short note proposes that a hapax legomenon in a fifth century list of enemies of Khotan might give a half a millennium antecedent to the name of the Mongols, as an alternative, and older, name of the Mongol-speaking Rouran.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Mongol, Khotanese, Rouran, Etymology, Endonym, Exonym

Moğol Adının Kökeni (Étienne de la Vaissière)

Öz

Bu kısa not, Hotan'ın beşinci yüzyıl düşmanları listesindeki bir hapax legomenon'un Moğolca konuşan Ruranlar’a alternatif ve daha eski bir isim olarak Moğolların adının beş yüz yıl öncesinden verilmiş olabileceğini ileri sürmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Moğol, Hotanca, Ruran(Cücen), Etimoloji, Endonym, Exonym

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