мөнгө
Mongolian
editMongolian | Cyrillic |
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ᠮᠥᠩᠭᠦ (mönggü) | мөнгө (möngö) |
Etymology
editFrom Proto-Mongolic *meŋgün, compare Buryat мүнгэн (müngen), Kalmyk мөңгн (möñgn), Dongxiang miengu.
Perhaps related to Western Yugur menek (“money”), Arghu بَنَكْ (benek, “small copper coin”) identified by Clauson with Proto-Common Turkic *benek (“spot, speck, freckle”) from Persian بنک (banak, “seed, pimple”) [1] (perhaps influenced by *beŋ (“birthmark”)). See Turkish benek.
Pronunciation
edit- (Ulaanbaatar) IPA(key): /moŋɡ/, [mʊŋk]
Noun
editмөнгө • (möngö) (definite plural мөнгөнүүд); (hidden-n declension)
Declension
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Derived terms
edit- задгай мөнгө (zadgaj möngö)
References
edit- ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 350