ᠮᠢᠩᠬᠠᠨ

Middle Mongol

Mongolian	ʼPhags-pa
ᠮᠢᠩᠬᠠᠨ	ꡏꡞꡃ ꡢꡋ

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Mongolic *mïŋ-kan, from Proto-Turkic *bïŋ (“thousand”). Also compare Jurchen [script needed] (miŋgan, “thousand”).

Pronunciation

Transcriptions:
- Secret History: 敏中罕 (min-qan /⁠miŋqan⁠/)
- Muqaddimat al-Adab: منقلن (minqān /⁠miŋqan⁠/)
IPA^(key): /miŋ.qʰän/

Numeral

ᠮᠢᠩᠬᠠᠨ (mingqan)

thousand

Descendants

> Buryat: минган (mingan), мянган (mjangan) (inherited)
> Classical Mongolian: ᠮᠢᠩᠭ᠎ᠠ (mingg_a) (inherited)
- > Khamnigan Mongol: минга (minga) (inherited)
- > Mongolian: (inherited)
  Mongolian script: ᠮᠢᠩᠭ᠎ᠠ (mingg_a)
  
  Cyrillic script: мянга (mjanga)
> Written Oirat: ᡏᡅᡊᡎᠠᠨ (mingɣan) (inherited)
- > Kalmyk: миңһн (miñğn) (inherited)