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Qirğaçin
"Killer"
Etymology
Pronunciation
/[qɨ]r[ɣ]ɑt͡ʃin/
Transcriptions
Qie-hai-zhen (契害眞) LH *kʰet-gɑs-tśin
Part of Speech
Noun
Sources
Notes
Shimunek (2017) reconstructs *kʰirʁɑjt͡ʃin from Mongolic *kidu- “to kill” via rhotacization. However, a derivation from Turkic *kɨr- "to destroy" is more likely. Moreover, his use of Middle Chinese inevitably results in flawed reconstructions. Thus, the Mongolic deverbal noun suffix *ʁɑj has no basis. Instead, there is the Turkic deverbal noun suffix *-ɣɑ. The final consonant in the character hai (害) *gɑs anticipates the beginning consonant of the next syllable, zhen (眞) *-tśin, itself, a Mongolized variant of the Turkic occupational suffix *-t͡ʃɨ. Thus, Turkic *qɨrɣɑt͡ʃɨ “destroyer” derives Tabğaç *[qɨ]r[ɣ]ɑt͡ʃin “killer.”
From my research notes: "Notes on the Tabğaç Language"
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