хавцал

Mongolian

Etymology

Proto-Mongolic *kab- (“narrow”) perhaps suffixed with -ца- (-ca-) + -л (-l).

Compare with Buryat хабсал (xabsal, “cliff, gorge”).

Noun

хавцал • (xavcal) (Mongolian spelling ᠬᠠᠪᠴᠠᠯ (qabčal)); (regular declension)

1. gorge, ravine
2. (rare) isthmus

   Synonym: хүзүүвч (xüzüüvč)