See also: моръ

Mongolian edit

MongolianCyrillic
ᠮᠣᠷᠢ
(mori)
морь
(morʹ)

Etymology edit

From Classical Mongolian ᠮᠣᠷᠢ (mori), from Middle Mongol [Term?], from Proto-Mongolic *morin. Cognate with Buryat мори- (mori-), Kalmyk мөр- (mör-), etc.

Compare also Manchu ᠮᠣᡵᡳᠨ (morin, horse), Japanese (uma, horse), Ainu ウンマ (umma, horse), Korean (mal, horse), Thai ม้า (máa, horse), Chinese (), Vietnamese ngựa (horse), and Proto-Indo-European *marḱ- (horse) and descendants such as Irish marc (horse, archaic) or English mare (female horse). More at *marḱ-.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

морь (morʹ) (Mongolian spelling, definite plural морьд or моринууд); (hidden-n declension)

  1. horse
    Synonym: адуу (aduu)
  2. a grown gelding (castrated horse)
  3. (in compounds) big
  4. (chess) knight

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

See also edit

Chess pieces in Mongolian · шатрын дүрс (šatryn dürs) (layout · text)
           
ноён (nojon) бэрс (bers) тэрэг (tereg) тэмээ (temee) морь (morʹ) хүү (xüü)