ina ▁cl an . ▁ ▁O mel jan ▁P rit sak ▁further ▁considered ▁the ▁connection ▁of ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁D ulo ▁cl an ▁with ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁the ▁old ▁X ion gnu ▁r uling ▁house ▁ <0xE5> <0xB1> <0xA0> <0xE5> <0x90> <0x84> ▁T uge ▁( in ▁Old ▁Chinese ▁d ' o - k lak ). ▁This ▁association ▁could ▁further ▁prove ▁the ▁link ▁between ▁X ion gnu ▁and ▁H uns ▁( as ▁well ▁H uns ▁and ▁Bulg ars ). ▁Peter ▁B . ▁Golden ▁cons iders ▁the ▁Turk ic ▁association ▁as ▁spec ulative . ▁ ▁Mer cia ▁Mac D erm ott ▁claimed ▁that ▁the ▁D ulo ▁cl an ▁had ▁the ▁dog ▁as ▁its ▁sacred ▁animal . ▁Mac D erm ott ▁considered ▁that ▁the ▁Bulgar ian ▁expression ▁preserved ▁to ▁this ▁day ▁" he ▁k ills ▁the ▁dog ", ▁in ▁the ▁meaning ▁" he ▁gives ▁the ▁orders ", ▁is ▁a ▁re lic ▁of ▁the ▁time ▁when ▁the ▁D ulo ▁Khan ▁sacrific ed ▁a ▁dog ▁to ▁the ▁de ity ▁Tang ra ▁in ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁the ▁whole ▁community . ▁ ▁Some ▁modern ▁Bulgar ian ▁sch ol ars , ▁the ▁most ▁prominent ▁of ▁them , ▁namely ▁Peter ▁D obre v , ▁argued ▁that ▁the ▁Turk ic ▁names ▁of ▁the ▁animals ▁in ▁the ▁Bulgar ▁calendar ▁( also ▁found ▁in ▁the ▁Nom inal ia ) ▁show ▁that ▁the ▁Turk ic ▁pe op les ▁had ▁borrow ed ▁these ▁words ▁from ▁the ▁Iran ian ▁language ▁( B ul g ars ). ▁However , ▁according ▁to ▁Raymond ▁Det rez , ▁this ▁theory ▁is ▁root