дохих
Mongolian
editEtymology
editProbably from Proto-Turkic *tokɨ- (“to beat, knock, to drive in”). Perhaps merging with a different root, *dokï- (“to stoop”), compare дохийх (doxiix, “to bend”), дохигор (doxigor, “bent”).
Earliest attestation of either root is pre-Classical ᠳᠣᠬᠢᠭᠤᠷ (dokiɣur) (modern дохиур (doxiur)). They are not found outside Central Mongolic.
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Pronunciation
edit- (Ulaanbaatar) IPA(key): /tɔxʲəx/, [ˈtɞçɪç]
Verb
editдохих • (doxix) (Mongolian spelling ᠳᠣᠬᠢᠬᠤ (dokiqu))
- (obsolete) to beat (a drum)
- to give a sign, signal, to cue
- to conduct (a musical performance)
- to gesture, to beckon
- to nod
- (by extension) to nod off, to doze