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The Old Mongol calendar (Möcelge) Animal name for the year - Written Mongol word 🐁 - quluγana (ᠬᠤᠯᠤᠭᠠᠨ᠎ᠠ) 🐂 - üker (ᠦᠬᠡᠷ) 🐆 - bars (ᠪᠠᠷᠰ) 🐇 - taulay (ᠲᠠᠤᠯᠠᠢ) 🐉 - luu (ᠯᠤᠤ) 🐍 - moγay (ᠮᠣᠭᠠᠢ) 🐎 - morin (ᠮᠣᠷᠢ᠊ᠨ) 🐑 - qonin (ᠬᠣᠨᠢ᠊ᠨ) 🐒 - becin (ᠪᠡᠴᠢᠨ) 🐓 - takiya (ᠲᠠᠬᠢᠶ᠎ᠠ) 🐕 - noqai (ᠨᠣᠬᠠᠢ) 🐖 - γaqai (ᠭᠠᠬᠠᠢ) Here are examples of their use in inscriptions: 塔兀来 只⌄勒 拙赤-冝 巴^舌剌温 ^中合^舌侖 扯^舌里兀的耶^舌児 槐-因 亦^舌児堅-突^舌児 抹^舌驪剌兀⌄勒=罷[伯] 不^中合 ^中合札^舌児赤剌=周 ta'ulai jil %joci-yi bara'un qar-un ceri'Ud-iyer hoy-yin irgen-t#Ur morila'ul=bai %buqa qajarcila=ju In the Year of the Hare (1207), Jochi set out with the right-wing army against the forest peoples, and Buqa went along as a guide ᠵᠢᠯᠲᠡᠢ ᠬᠤᠯᠤᠭᠠᠨ᠎ᠠ ᠵᠢᠯ ᠲᠥᠷᠦᠭᠰᠡᠨ ᠬᠦᠮᠦᠨ ᠢ, ᠬᠤᠯᠤᠭᠠᠨ᠎ᠠ ᠵᠢᠯᠲᠡᠢ, ᠦᠬᠡᠷ ᠵᠢᠯ ᠲᠥᠷᠦᠭᠰᠡᠨ ᠬᠦᠮᠦᠨ ᠢ, ᠦᠬᠡᠷ ᠵᠢᠯᠲᠡᠢ ᠬᠡᠮᠡᠮᠦᠢ. ᠪᠠᠰᠠ ᠨᠠᠰᠤᠵᠢᠭᠰᠠᠨ ᠬᠦᠮᠦᠨ ᠢ ᠦᠯᠦ ᠲᠠᠭᠠᠯᠠᠮᠵᠢᠯᠠᠨ ᠥᠭᠦᠯᠡᠬᠦ ᠪᠥᠭᠡᠰᠦ, ᠬᠦᠯᠲᠦᠭᠦᠷ ᠬᠥᠭᠰᠢᠨ ᠬᠡᠮᠡᠮᠦᠢ. quluγan-a jil törügsen kümün-i, quluγan-a jiltei, üker jil törügsen kümün-i, üker jiltei kememüi. basa nasuǰuγsan kümün-i ülü taγalamjilan ögülekü bögesü, kültügür kögsin kememüi A person born in the Year of the Mouse is called “mouse-year (person)”; a person born in the Year of the Ox is called “ox-year (person)”. Also, if one speaks of a person who has grown old, they say “aged elder” (kültügür kögsin) ᠮᠥᠴᠡᠯᠭᠡ ： ᠠᠷᠪᠠᠨ ᠬᠣᠶᠠᠷ ᠵᠢᠯ ᠢ, ᠨᠢᠭᠡ ᠮᠥᠴᠡᠯᠭᠡ ᠬᠡᠮᠡᠮᠦᠢ. ᠪᠠᠰᠠ ᠬᠦᠮᠦᠨ ᠥᠪᠡᠷ ᠥᠪᠡᠷ ᠦᠨ ᠲᠥᠷᠦᠭᠰᠡᠨ ᠵᠢᠯ ᠳᠦᠷ ᠲᠤᠰᠢᠶᠠᠯᠳᠤᠭᠳᠠᠪᠠᠰᠤ, ᠮᠥᠨ ᠮᠥᠴᠡᠯᠭᠡᠨ ᠦ ᠵᠢᠯ ᠬᠡᠮᠡᠮᠦᠢ. ᠪᠠᠰᠠ ᠵᠢᠯ ᠣᠷᠤᠪᠠ ᠬᠡᠮᠡᠮᠦᠢ. möcelge: arban qoyar jili, nige möcelge kememüi. basa kümün öber öber-ün törügsen jildür tusiyalduγda basu, möcelgen-ü jil kememüi. basa jil oruba kememüi As for the twelve-year cycle, one cycle is called “möcelge.” Moreover, when a person reaches again the year corresponding to their own birth year, that year is called the “möcelge year.” Although nearly all the terms in the Written Mongolian animal cycle are native Mongolian words there are 5 loanwords, each of which appears to have been borrowed from a Turkic source uker < *ökur (Bulgar) bars < bars (𐰉𐰺𐰽) luu < lü (𐰠𐰈) < luŋ (龍) qonin < qoñ (𐰸𐰆𐰪) becin < beçin (𐰋𐰃𐰲𐰤) Thanks a lot to @bogdocholun for the help with Bicig and translations ¹ - Vovin, Alexander 2004. Some Thoughts on the Origins of the Old Turkic 12-Year Animal Cycle ² - I used "Full-Text Search" from http://hkuri.cneas.tohoku.ac.jp/ to find examples