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‘(Ne) Khukhry-Mukhry’: One Russian Idiom of Mongolian Origin Revisited
The paper examines the etymology of the idiom ‘(ne) khukhry-mukhry’ which in its form fully corresponds to the so-called pair words widely used in Turkic, Mongolic and some Finno-Ugric languages.
Alexey A. Burykin
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Introduction. The article examines the onym Megüren (Yak. Möŋürüön < Mögürüön) used as a name of several administrative units in the territory of Yakutia, mainly those included in Meginsky (Yak. Mäŋä) District. The available 17th-century written sources —
Bair Z. Nanzatov, Vladimir V. Tishin
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Common Lexis for Headgears and Adornments in Khalkha, Buryat, and Kalmyk
The article deals with the lexis denoting headgears and ornaments in the major Mongolic languages, such as Khalkha, Buryat, and Kalmyk. Due to the fact that no profound research in the field had been carried out, it appeared necessary to have a closer ...
Anna V. Mazarchuk
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Introduction. The article discusses some ways of grammaticalization of the verb bolokh / bolokho / bolha / bolh ‘become, make; be’ in Mongolic languages (Mongolian, Buryat, Oirat and Kalmyk).
Liudmila A. Lidzhieva +2 more
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Background Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variations are often associated with bioenergetics, disease, and speciation and can be used to track the history of women.
Chi-Zao Wang +4 more
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Bayïrqu and Barγu: Deconstructing One Myth [PDF]
In academic and unspecialized literature related to the ethnogenesis and ethnic history of the Buryats, the two ethnonyms Bayïrqu ~ Bayarqu, known in the Old Turkic period, and Barγu ~ Barqu, first recorded in the early 13th century, have been commonly ...
Bair Z. Nanzatov, Vladimir V. Tishin
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Paleolinguistics brings more light on the earliest history of the traditional Eurasian pulse crops [PDF]
Traditional pulse crops such as pea, lentil, field bean, bitter vetch, chickpea and common vetch originate from Middle East, Mediterranean and Central Asia^1^.
Aleksandar Medovic +7 more
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Genomic Insights into the Formation of Human Populations in East Asia
The deep population history of East Asia remains poorly understood owing to a lack of ancient DNA data and sparse sampling of present-day people1,2. Here we report genome-wide data from 166 East Asian individuals dating to between 6000 bc and ad 1000 and
Chuan‐Chao Wang +84 more
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Names of Leather Packages and Containers in the Mongolic Languages
Though studied unevenly, the Mongolian languages have been long known both in Europe and Russia’s academic circles. The most investigated modern Mongolian languages are Khalkha Mongolian, Buryat and Kalmyk.
B. D. Balzhinimaeva
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Horse Age-Sex Terms in the Mongolic Languages (With Some Turkic-Language Material)
Goals. The study seeks to introduce into scientific circulation and analyze in comparative and comparative historical perspectives — horse age-sex terms in modern Khalkha Mongolian, Buryat, and Kalmyk. By way of comparison, the work employs some material
Trofimova Svetlana M.
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