иргэн

Mongolian

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠢᠷᠭᠡᠨ (irgen)	иргэн (irgen)

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠢᠷᠭᠡᠨ (irgen), from Middle Mongol [Term?], Proto-Mongolic *irgen, compare Mogholi irgan (“people”).

Pronunciation

• (Khalkha) IPA^(key): [ir.ɡɘ̝ŋ]
• Hyphenation: ир‧гэн

Noun

иргэн • (irgen) (definite plural иргэд)

1. citizen
2. people

   Synonym: ард (ard)

3. civilian (non-military person)
4. (historical) subject
5. (obsolete) country, state

   Synonym: улс (uls)

6. (China) Chinese, Han

   Synonym: хятад (xjatad)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• иргэнлэг (irgenleg)
• иргэнших (irgenšix, “to become civilized”)
  • иргэншил (irgenšil, “civilization”)
    • соёл иргэншил (sojol irgenšil, “civilization”)

References

• “иргэн I”, “иргэн II”, in Монгол хэлний их тайлбар толь [Dictionary of the Mongolian Language] (in Mongolian), Institute of Linguistics of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, 2016–present