морин хуур

Mongolian

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠮᠣᠷᠢᠨ ᠬᠤᠭᠤᠷ (morin quɣur)	морин хуур (morin xuur)

Etymology

Derived from Classical Mongolian ᠮᠣᠷᠢᠨ
ᠲᠣᠯᠤᠭᠠᠢ ᠲᠠᠢ
ᠬᠤᠭᠤᠷ (morin toluɣai-tai quɣur, “fiddle with a horse's head”).

Pronunciation

• (Ulaanbaatar) IPA^(key): [mœ.rɪ̆ŋ χoːr]
• Hyphenation: мо‧рин хуур

Noun

морин хуур • (morin xuur)

1. horse-head fiddle (string instrument with a carved horse head on top)

See also

• хийл (xiil)