балархай

Mongolian

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠪᠠᠯᠠᠷᠬᠠᠢ (balarqai)	балархай (balarxaj)

Etymology

From балар (balar) +‎ -хай (-xaj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɮarxɛː/
• Syllabification: ба‧лар‧хай (3 syllables)

Adjective

балархай • (balarxaj)

1. vague; indistinct; obscure
2. imperceptible
3. illegible
4. (grammar, phonetics, of a vowel) reduced; weak

Further reading

• “балархай”, in Монгол хэлний их тайлбар толь [Dictionary of the Mongolian Language] (in Mongolian), Institute of Linguistics of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, 2016–present
• Большой академический монгольско–русский словарь в четырех томах [Great Academic Mongolian–Russian Dictionary in four volumes] (in Russian), Institute of Language and Literature of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences & Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2001