Mongolian

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MongolianCyrillic
ᠰᠠᠶᠢᠳ
(sayid)
сайд
(sajd)

Etymology

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Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠰᠠᠶᠢᠳ sg (sayid, minister), from Middle Mongol ᠰᠠᠶᠢᠳ pl (sʾyyt /⁠sayid⁠/, good, attributive and substantive adjective). Compare Buryat һайд (hajd), Kalmyk сәәд (sääd), etc. Perhaps related to Arabic سَيِّدٌ m (sayyidun, master; lord; sir).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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сайд (sajd)

  1. minister, secretary
    ерөнхий сайдjörönxii sajdprime minister

Declension

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.