Where did it come from? Just curious.

ok, i guess nobody knows eh? that's STRANGE... ok. thanks anyway.

From what I know.......Gol=river Mon=name of the river....so people of mon river.

Well this is what wiki says;

''The name Monggol has its origin in the Tungusic languages and at first it was applied to a small and still insignificant tribe in the area of the Onon River. In the 13th century it grew into an umbrella term for a large group of tribes united under the rule of Genghis Khan''.

OH! OKAY..

Mongolia has no relation with Turks! When Great Khan conquered Eastern Turkistan, he decided to use Urgur language as Mongolian's language.
Mongolian are Mongolian, and Turks are Turks.

ehe your point being

little bastard, Go back to that shelter where you came from. If you return, I promise to give you a beautiful female Turk donkey.
Pls don't mistreat female donkey on your bed! I,m waching you.

i think in some history reviews they said,, Mongol is named by CHinese .. and they mean it Dumb or something like that,,, but Actually it means Blue SKY is told by history investigator...........

The name Mongols (Mongolian: Монгол Mongol) specifies one or several ethnic groups. A narrow definition includes the Mongols proper (self-designation Monggol), which can be roughly divided into eastern and western Mongols. In a wider sense, the Mongol peoples includes people who speak a Mongolic language but use other self-designations, such as the Kalmyks of eastern Europe.

The name Monggol has its origin in the Tungusic languages and at first it was applied to a small and still insignificant tribe in the area of the Onon River. In the 13th century it grew into an umbrella term for a large group of tribes united under the rule of Genghis Khan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol

^we call them kalmyk mongols call them oirat

If that is true then why is Mongolian classed as being a seperate language from the Uyghurs?

By the way, Turks aren't Turks. Turkic people are Turkic people, but Turks are actually a nationality of people from different ethnic ancestory that have merged into a single ethnicity tied together by an altaic language.

Most Turks (People of Turkey) are actually Armenians, Caucassians, Greeks, Thracians, Pontic Greeks, Arabs, and Kurds.

Back in mOngolia, when I was in secondary school, in history class, my teacher told this to students. NO one is sure what MOngol means.

the closest theories are:

1.0Royal or powerful rich family had conrol over this nation. That family's name was Mon.

2.) During 16th century, one mongolian student did research, looked for meaning of Mongol. She came out with MOn means affliction in some kind of ancient language. And gol means main in mongolian language.
It was really odd research, but at the end it was Mainaffliction???

How did you come up with the above message ?




Man, you are so funny

Well I think that person is referring to what people know about mongols like calling names.And its not based on the real definition of it.
Like when Ive learned in one place when you say Mongol you are referring to someone abnormal.
But Im not saying Mongols are abnormal. No offense please Im just talking about facts here.

"when you say Mongol you are referring to someone abnormal" ??????? I doubt it.


蒙古


I don't see how the name Mongol (above) means that someone is abnormal.

Mongol Warrior, I need you to explain the meaning of the name 蒙古 to people on this chat.

From what I heard, Mongol in Chinese means uncivilised or backward...something like that.

You are wrong on that.