Mongolian

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Etymology

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From Tibetan གུར་ཀུམ (gur kum), ultimately from the same source as New Latin Curcuma, possibly Akkadian 𒌑𒆪𒄀𒆸𒈾 (/⁠kurkanū⁠/, turmeric).

Noun

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гүргэм (gürgem) (Mongolian spelling ᠭᠦᠷᠭᠦᠮ (gürgüm)); (regular declension)

  1. saffron

Declension

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