Kalmyk edit

Etymology edit

Ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *torga, from Proto-Turkic *torku. Cognate with Mongolian торго (torgo).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

торһн (torğn) (Clear script spelling ᡐᡆᠷᡎᡆᠨ (torɣon))

  1. silk (fabric)
  2. piece of silky fabric
    1. (by extension) handkerchief made out of silk
      • Ээҗин дун”:
        Намчта торһнь кииснә.
        Namçta torğnʹ kiisnä.
        The ornamented silky handkerchief is flying.

References edit

  • A. Pozdneev (1911) “торһн”, in Калмыцко-русскій словарь [Kalmyk-Russian dictionary], Saint-Petersburg: Типографія императорской академіи наук, page 331