See also: нүүр

Buryat edit

Noun edit

нуур (nuur)

  1. lake

Mongolian edit

MongolianCyrillic
ᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ
(naɣur)
нуур
(nuur)
 
Ulaagchinii Khar lake in Zavkhan Province.

Etymology edit

From Proto-Mongolic *naxur, compare Daur naur, Dongxiang no, noer. Maybe related to Evenki ня̄рут (ņārut, lake, swamp), Manchu ᠨᠣᡵᠣ (noro, swamp) and Korean (nae, brook, stream).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [no̙ːr]
  • Hyphenation: нуур

Noun edit

нуур (nuur)

  1. lake

Declension edit

Derived terms edit