See also: гер

Buryat edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Mongolic: compare Mongolian гэр (ger), Kalmyk гер (ger).

Also compared to Proto-Turkic *yūrt (yurt, dwelling, home). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɡer/, [ɡɤr]
  • Hyphenation: гэр

Noun edit

гэр (ger) (Mongolian script ᠭᠡᠷ)

  1. yurt, ger
  2. house

Mongolian edit

Etymology 1 edit

MongolianCyrillic
ᠭᠡᠷ
(ger)
гэр
(ger)
  1. From Classical Mongolian ᠭᠡᠷ (ger), from Middle Mongol [Term?], from Proto-Mongolic *ger. Cognate with Buryat гэр (ger), Khamnigan Mongol гэр (ger), Kalmyk гер (ger), etc.
  2. Could it also be related to Tibetan གུར (gur) and Proto-Turkic *kerekü (a type of yurt)? (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

гэр (ger)

  1. yurt, ger
  2. house
Declension edit
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
  • хар гэр (xar ger, jail, prison, literally black house)

Etymology 2 edit

MongolianCyrillic
ᠭᠡᠷ᠎ᠡ
(ger-e)
гэр
(ger)

Noun edit

гэр (ger)

  1. (dated) light
Related terms edit