Ertses ~ Irtysh. For the Etymology of the Epic and Historical Hydronym

The article contains the comment to the proper geographic names, presented in the songs of Kalmyk heroic epos «Dzhangar» among which there is the hydronium Ertses Bumba, by scientific tradition identi0 ed with the river name Irtysh. The author gives some name indications of the given hydronium in «...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alexey Byrykin
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Mongolian
Russian
Published: Российской академии наук, Калмыцкий научный центр 2018
Subjects:
the irtysh river
hydronyms
epos
mongolian languages
turkic languages
yeniseic languages
ket language
History (General)
D1-2009
Oriental languages and literatures
PJ
Ket language
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/3a4e8fc3dc1f48a9a82301f383046a20
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Summary:The article contains the comment to the proper geographic names, presented in the songs of Kalmyk heroic epos «Dzhangar» among which there is the hydronium Ertses Bumba, by scientific tradition identi0 ed with the river name Irtysh. The author gives some name indications of the given hydronium in « the Secret History of Mongols » and the chronicle of Rashid-ad-Din. Analyzingthe etymologies of Irtysh hydronium, the author for the 0 rst time in the scienti0 c literature shows that Irtysh hydronium originates from the Yeniseic (Ket and others) languages.

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