девл

Kalmyk

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *debel. Cognate with Buryat дэгэл (degel) and Mongolian дээл (deel).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈwəlʲ/

Noun

девл • (devl) (Clear script spelling ᡑᡄᡋᡄᠯ (debel), plural девлмүд)

1. fur coat
   • 2018, Хабунова Е. Э., editor, Хуучн үгд худл уга: кеерин хураңһу материал, Элст: ЗАОр «НПП «Джангар», page 69:

     Зун күн әркән ууһад, зун хөөнә мах идәд, зун хөөнә арсар девл кенә. Негчн согтсн күн уга.

     Zun kün ärkän uuğad, zun xöönä max idäd, zun xöönä arsar devl kenä. Negçn sogtsn kün uga.

     A hundred man drank liquor; having eaten meat of a hundred sheep, they made fur coats out of their fur. There was not one man who got drunk.

2. deel (type of traditional Mongolian cloak)

Hypernyms

• хувцн (xuvtsn)

References

• Этимологический словарь монгольских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Mongolian Languages] (in Russian), Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2015
• A. Pozdneev (1911) “девл”, in Калмыцко-русскій словарь [Kalmyk-Russian dictionary], Saint-Petersburg: Типографія императорской академіи наук, page 214