Another ‘Anonymous’ Kalmyk–Russian Dictionary (1871, 1875) Revisited
https://doi.org/10.22162/2500-1523-2018-12-219-284
Abstract
The article introduces into scientific discourse an unfinished anonymous Kalmyk-Russian dictionary. The dictionary was published by The Don Eparchial Bulletin (Rus. Donskie eparkhial’nye vedomosti) in 1871 and 1875. It is supplemented with comments of authors of corresponding publications. In terms of orthography, the translations have been brought into line with respective rules of modern Russian. The paper examines the applied compiling tecnhiques, analyzes dialectal characteristics of words, etc. The analysis gives ground to make some concusions regarding the author’s persosnality and those of his informants, namely, 1) the dictionary maker was not a professional linguist as evidenced by the inconsistency of dictionary entries, 2) the former was definitely a native of the Don Region, supposedly of Cossack background, since quite a number of the included Russian-language equivalents are lexemes typical for Southern Russian, 3) the header words contain no lexemes of the Buzawa dialect though the word-list includes words of both the Dorbet and Torghut dialects of the Kalmyk language.
About the Authors
V. Kukanova
Kalmyk Scientific Center of the RAS (8, Ilishkin Str., Elista, 358000, Russian Federation)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ph.D. in Philology (Cand. of Philological Sc.), Director
T. Mikhaleva
Kalmyk Scientific Center of the RAS (8, Ilishkin Str., Elista, 358000, Russian Federation)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Research Associate
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Kukanova V., Mikhaleva T. Another ‘Anonymous’ Kalmyk–Russian Dictionary (1871, 1875) Revisited. Mongolian Studies. 2018;10(1):219-284. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22162/2500-1523-2018-12-219-284
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