көглҗрһн
Kalmyk
editCyrillic | Clear Script |
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көглҗрһн (kögljrğn) | ᡍᡈᡎᡈᠯᠴᡅᠷᡎᡄᠨᡄ(kögöljirgene) |
Etymology
editUncertain. Probably a borrowing from a Turkic language; see Ottoman Turkish گوگرجین (güğercin) for list of possible cognates. The final schwa is unpredictable and possibly arose from analogy of words denoting agricultural pests usually ending in schwa, compare бөкүн (bökün), батхн (batxn), чон (çon), all of which end in schwa.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editкөглҗрһн • (kögljrğn) (plural көглҗрһд)
References
edit- A. Pozdneev (1911) “көглҗрһн”, in Калмыцко-русскій словарь [Kalmyk-Russian dictionary], Saint-Petersburg: Типографія императорской академіи наук, page 292a