санах

See also: санях

Mongolian

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *sana-, from Proto-Turkic *sāna- (“to count, determine”) < *sān (“number, count”) or directly from *sān- (“to be counted, regarded”) all of which are ultimately derived from *sā- (“to think, count, consider”). Compare Dongxiang sana, Buryat һанаха (hanaxa).

Also compare Turkish saymak (“to count, regard”), san (“reputation”), sanmak (“to suppose, reckon”), Kyrgyz саноо (sanoo, “to count”).

Pronunciation

• (Ulaanbaatar) IPA^(key): /sanəx/, [ˈsanɐχ]

Verb

санах • (sanax) (Mongolian spelling ᠰᠠᠨᠠᠬᠤ (sanaqu))

1. to think (to contemplate, to hold a belief)
2. to expect, preconceive (to have a previous apprehension of)
3. to consider (to view as)
4. to intend, to plan
5. (after a clause with гэж) to mean to, to intend to
6. to remember (to keep in memory, to recall)
7. to miss, to pine for

Synonyms

• (to think): бодох (bodox), сэтгэх (setgex), бодлогошрох (bodlogošrox)
• (to expect): төсөөлөх (tösöölöx)
• (to intend): зорих (zorix)
• (to remember): дурсах (dursax)
• (to miss): мөрөөдөх (möröödöx), хүсч мөрөөдөх (xüsč möröödöx)

Derived terms

• санаа (sanaa, “thought”)
• санал (sanal, “idea”)
• санагдах (sanagdax, “to seem”)
• санамж (sanamž, “remark”)
• сануулах (sanuulax, “to remind”)
• санамсаргүй (sanamsargüj, “random”)

Related terms

• тогтоох (togtoox, “to remember, to commit to memory”)