Proto-Mongolian: *kalǯa-
Meaning: bald, having a white blaze
Russian meaning: лысый (о человеке), со звездочкой (о лошади)
Written Mongolian: qalǯa(n), qalǯi(n), qalčaɣai (L 918, 922-923)
Middle Mongolian: qalǯan, qalčaɣai (MA)
Khalkha: xalʒan, xalcgaj
Buriat: xalzan, xalsagai
Kalmuck: xalcъɣǟ 'haarlos, grasslos'
Ordos: xalǯan
Dagur: xalǯin
Shary-Yoghur: GalǯaŋGar
Comments: KW 163, MGCD 319. The forms with -lč- are a result of contamination with *kalča- 'to rub, flay, tear off' (v. sub *kèĺčo); but neither can be borrowed from Turkic, despite Щербак 1997, 135. Mong. > Chag. qalčɨɣaj; Manchu qalǯa etc. (see ТМС 1, 366, Rozycki 130) > MKor. kančjá măr (Lee 1964, 190).
