Mongolian edit

MongolianCyrillic
ᠮᠥᠷᠡᠨ
(mören)
мөрөн
(mörön)
Comparison
Mongolian мөрөн (mörön)
Buryat мүрэн (müren)
Kalmyk мөрн (mörn)

Etymology edit

From Classical Mongolian ᠮᠥᠷᠡᠨ (mören, big river), from Middle Mongol ᠮᠥᠷᠡᠨ (mören, river), Proto-Mongolic *mören (river, sea). Cognate with Dongxiang moron, etc. Semantically compare to Chinese (jiāng) and Manchu ᡠᠯᠠ (ula).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

мөрөн (mörön)

  1. a big river flowing into a big lake or a sea
    Сэлэнгэ мөрөнSelenge mörönthe Selenga River, flowing into Lake Baikal
    Хар мөрөнXar mörönthe Amur River, flowing into the Strait of Tartary (literally, “the Black River”)
    Шар мөрөнŠar mörönthe Yellow River, flowing into the Bohai Sea
    Хөх мөрөнXöx mörönthe Yangtze River, flowing into the Yellow Sea (literally, “the Blue River”)

Declension edit

See also edit