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Oriental Studies, 2020 Introduction. Ursa Major is the constellation most venerated by Mongolic peoples. Goals. The article seeks to analyze related beliefs traced in folklore and collected field data, reveal key mythological characteristics, and cast light upon diachronous ...
Elza P. Bakaeva
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Bayïrqu and Barγu: Deconstructing One Myth [PDF]
Вопросы ономастики, 2020 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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Word-Stress Patterns in Mongolic Languages
Oriental Studies, 2018 The paper presents a preliminary analysis of stress patterns in Mongolic languages. According to the author's hypothesis, there are at least three major word stress patterns in Mongolic.
Jargal B. Badagarov
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Sūtra [Averting Effects] of Bad Dreams: Two Oirat Manuscript Copies Revisited
Oriental Studies, 2020 Goals. The article introduces two Oirat manuscript copies of the Sūtra [Averting Effects] of Bad Dreams, a well-known dream book of the Mongolian tradition, and analyzes the texts diachronically comparing their contents to available sources dealing with ...
Saglara V. Mirzaeva
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Horse Age-Sex Terms in the Mongolic Languages (With Some Turkic-Language Material)
Oriental Studies, 2023 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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Noyon Galdama in Written and Oral Traditions of Mongolic Peoples
Oriental Studies, 2022 Introduction. Oirat old-script texts tell us about the prominent historical figure of Noyon Galdma (Kalm., Oir. Һалдма, Һалдмба; Mong. Галдамаа, Галдамбаа), son of Khan Ochirtu-Tsetsen, grandson of Khan Baibagas of the Khoshuts and Khong Tayiji Erdeni ...
Elza P. Bakaeva
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Oriental Studies, 2020 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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Common Lexis for Headgears and Adornments in Khalkha, Buryat, and Kalmyk
Oriental Studies, 2018 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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Ceremonial Folklore of Mongolic Peoples: Functions of the Snake Revisited
Oriental Studies, 2020 Introduction. In mythologies of the world, the image of the snake ranks among the most studied characters and has various interpretations. In folklore of Turko-Mongols, it has also been a subject of multiple analyses.
Liudmila S. Dampilova +1 more
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