Exploring the Etymology and Structure of Turkic-Mongolic Hybrid Toponyms
Konyratbayeva Z.M. Junisbayev A.A. Konyratbayev O.M.
September 2025Lulu Press Inc
International Journal of Society, Culture and Language
2025#13Issue 2129 - 141 pp.
This study examines the etymology and structural organization of Turkic-Mongolic hybrid toponyms, with a focus on the principles that govern their naming. The empirical material comprises a curated set of hybrid hydronyms and oronyms, which were systematically classified and analyzed from lexical-semantic and structural perspectives. The analysis identifies the following recurrent types: compounds with a Kazakh first component and a Mongolic second component; compounds with a Mongolic first component and a Kazakh second component; formations based on Mongolic roots bearing Kazakh derivational affixes; binary oppositional compounds; and mixed compounds in which the first component is Mongolic and the second component is itself a Turkic-Mongolic hybrid. Representative items are provided with etymological explanations. The findings indicate that hybrid toponyms are predominantly two-component formations, with occasional three-component bases attested. Overall, the study clarifies contact-driven mechanisms of hybridization in the onomasticon and proposes a data-grounded typology that can inform further research on language contact and toponymic formation in Central Eurasia.
Etymology , Language contact , Lexical semantics , Nomination motives , Turkic-mongolic hybrid toponyms
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L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Kazakhstan
Khoja Akhmet Yassawi International Kazakh-Turkish University, Kazakhstan
M. Auezov South Kazakhstan University, Kazakhstan
L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University
Khoja Akhmet Yassawi International Kazakh-Turkish University
M. Auezov South Kazakhstan University
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