An Old Chinese word for ‘silk’ in Mongolic, Turkic, Tungusic, and Persian.

Academic Article

Publication Date:

2017

abstract:

This paper identifies a Late Old Chinese word for silk in Mongolic and its comparanda in Old Uygur, Chagatay, New Persian, Jurchen, Manchu, Ewenki, and Solon. Routes of lexical borrowing are identified, and their likely historical contexts are discussed. This paper offers contributions to the study of early Chinese ethnolinguistic contact with neighboring peoples

Iris type:

1.1 Articolo in rivista

Keywords:

silk fabric, historical-comparative linguistics, Mongolic, Turkic, Tungusic, Persian, Middle Mongol, Old Chinese, Qin-Han, Jurchen, Manchu, Chagatay, phonological reconstruction, loanwords

List of contributors:

Shimunek, Andrew

Handle:

https://unora.unior.it/handle/11574/179522

Published in:

EURASIAN STUDIES

Journal