Kirakos Gandzaketsi's list of Mongolian words is a list of 13th-century Mongolian words compiled by the Armenian historian Kirakos Gandzaketsi, who was taken prisoner by the Mongols in the spring of 1236.
Kirakos Gandzaketsi While imprisoned, Kirakos learned the Mongolian language. He later compiled his knowledge of it into a list of 55 words with their corresponding Armenian meanings. Kirakos escaped captivity in the summer of 1236 and returned to the town of Getik.
List SourceArmenian-Mongolian Dictionary by Kirakos Gandzaketsi (13th Century): Constructing a Phylogenetic Tree. Part 1], Aminer.cn
Animals
Gandzaketsi's listTranslationMongolian script modern Mongolian pronunciationburkui-gusheagle (beak)bürged, khoshuu (beak)chinawolfchonogoynasheepkhonigurganlambkhurganiman goat yamaahonkanfox üneg, ünegenkokuchinpigeon (cuckoo) khökhöö (cuckoo)losamuleluusmorihorsemorinohoidognohoiokarbullükhertahieachicken tahiatamancameltemeen tularabbit tuulaiunencowünee
Time
Gandzaketsi's listTranslationMongolian scriptmodern Mongolian pronunciationoturlight (day)ödör (day)suiyninightshönö
Personal relations
Gandzaketsi's listTranslationMongolian scriptmodern Mongolian pronunciationagabrother (older brother)akh (older brother)akamotherekhakatchisisteregchapdzhifemaleavzhaa (address to a female shaman)haranman aranbarakhursatan (grim)bargar (grim)bitikchiscribebichigchereman (man)er (man)elepsatan (witchcraft)ilbe (witchcraft)emefemale em echkafatheretsegirkancountryirgennoinсhiefnoyontangrigodkök tngri (lit. blue sky, heaven god): (heaven)tenger (heaven)
Body parts
Gandzaketsi's listTranslationMongolian scriptmodern Mongolian pronunciationamanmoutham, amanchikinearchikh, chikhenniduneyenüd, nüdenniurfacenüürsakhalbeardsakhal siduntoothshüd, shüdentironheadtergüünyuzfaceüǰ – a root found in words such as üzekh (to look), üzüülekh (to show), and üzemzh (appearance)
Natural objects
Gandzaketsi's listTranslationMongolian scriptmodern Mongolian pronunciation gogasky kök tngri (lit. blue sky, heaven god): (blue)khökh (blue)hututstars "-d" is a plural suffix=, odud for plural od, ododnaursea (lake) nuur (lake)naransunnar, naran moranrivermörönsaramoonsarsargastars sharga nar (lit. yellow sun), the idiom in sentences such as toonyn sharga nar: the sunbeam clearly streaming in a ger (house) through the toonto (a chimney)tangyzseatengisusunwaterus, usan
Food
Gandzaketsi's listTranslationMongolian scriptmodern Mongolian pronunciationtarasuwinedars
Weaponry
Gandzaketsi's listTranslationMongolian scriptmodern Mongolian pronunciationioltuswordildnymubownumsymuarrowsum
References
External links An English translation of Kirakos Gandzaketsi's History of the Armenians by Robert Bedrosian. Монгол хэлний их тайлбар толь [Mongolian language dictionary], Мongoltoli.mn