otog

Draft for expert review

No definition is published for this term yet; the questions below are what the project needs answered before a meaning can be shown.

Open questions

1. Is otog in Mongol administrative usage and in Buryat usage the same term with different content?
2. In which periods and institutions was otog an administrative unit, and what did it comprise?
3. What is misleading about translating otog as “clan”?
4. Which renderings are defensible per period?

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