Комплекс лексики номадного скотоводства монгольских языков в свете тюркско-монгольских языковых связей
Nomad cattle-breeding vocabulary in Mongolian languages in the light of Turko-Mongolian linguistic relationship

Summary/Abstract: In the article the author reveals a great number of lexical correspondences between the Mongolian and the Turkic languages, which were noticed by scientists as early as in the 18th century and referred to common Altaic word stock. These correspondences are especially numerous in nomadic cattle-breeding vocabulary, which includes age and gender related nominations of 5 kinds of cattle bred by Mongols - camels, horses, cows, sheep and goats - and also appropriate Turkic- Mongolian vocabulary, reflecting the nominations of body parts of these animals, their household use, including harness, dairy products, nominations of forage herbs, types of pastures, territory features, on which the pastures are situated, nominations of cattlemen houses and their construction on distant pastures. In the article it is suggested and proved that such great similarity of Turkic-Mongolian vocabulary concerning the whole complex of nomadic cattle-breeding is non-random and can be explained by borrowing of this vocabulary from the Turkic languages of Bulgar group in the process of mongolization of Ogurs, Bulgar-Khazar Turks, during their conquest by Mongols. As a result of mixing of these two nations modern Khalkha-Mongols were formed, who call themselves Oor Mongol, it can be interpreted as “real Mongols”, but their language seems to be full of Turkic elements inherited from the substrate.

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