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Etymology edit

From Classical Mongolian ᠳᠥ᠋ᠷᠪᠡᠳ (dörbed); equivalent to дөрвө- (dörvö-, four) +‎ (-d, plural suffix). Compare Kalmyk дөрвд (dörvd), Written Oirat ᡑᡈᠷᡋᡈᡑ (dörböd), Tuvan дөрбет (dörbet), Southern Altai тӧрбӧт (törböt), Kazakh дөрбет (dörbet), Buryat дүрбэд (dürbed), Manchu ᡩ᠋ᡠ᠋ᡵᠪᡝᡨ (durbet), Chinese 杜爾伯特杜尔伯特 (Dù'ěrbótè).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

дөрвөд (dörvöd) (Mongolian spelling ᠳᠥ᠋ᠷᠪᠡᠳ (dörbed), definite plural дөрвөдүүд); (regular declension)

  1. (plural) (⁓ аймаг) Dörböds, an Oirat-Mongol tribe ruled by Esen’s descendants of the Choros clan
  2. (plural) (⁓ аймаг) Dorbods, an Aru-Mongol tribe ruled by Hasar’s descendants of the Borjigit clan
  3. (plural) (⁓ аймаг) Dorbods, another Aru-Mongol tribe ruled by Hasar’s descendants, which was originally called дөрвөн хүүхдийн аймаг (dörvön xüüxdiin ajmag, literally tribe of the four sons)
  4. (singulative) (⁓ хүн) A member of each three tribes listed above

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