Kalmyk edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Mongolic *cïraï. Cognate with Mongolian царай (caraj) and Buryat шарай (šaraj).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

чирә (çirä) (Clear script spelling ᡔᡅᠷᠠᡅ (cirai))

  1. face

Synonyms edit

References edit

  • A. Pozdneev (1911) “чирә”, in Калмыцко-русскій словарь [Kalmyk-Russian dictionary], Saint-Petersburg: Типографія императорской академіи наук, page 250