Mongolian edit

Etymology edit

From Classical Mongolian ᠲᠡᠷ᠎ᠡ᠋ (ter-e, that), from Middle Mongol ᠲᠡᠷᠡ (tere) and ᠲᠡᠷ᠎ᠡ᠋ (ter-e, that), from Proto-Mongolic *tere (that). Cognate with Buryat тэрэ (tere, that), Kalmyk тер (ter, that; he, she, it), Dongxiang tere, etc.

Replaced original (i, compare Daur ing) for sense ‘he, she, it’ as the third-person singular pronoun.

Pronunciation edit

Determiner edit

тэр (ter) (Mongolian spelling ᠲᠡᠷᠡ (tere))

  1. that

Pronoun edit

тэр (ter) (Mongolian spelling ᠲᠡᠷᠡ (tere))

  1. that
  2. he, she, it

Declension edit

Related terms edit

See also edit

  • энэ (ene, this)
  • нь (, third-person possessive particle)

Urum edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *tẹr. Cognate to Karachay-Balkar тер (ter), Kumyk тер (ter), Crimean Tatar ter, Karaim ter, тер (ter), тэр (ter), Kazakh тер (ter), etc.

Noun edit

тэр (ter)

  1. sweat

References edit

  • Oleksandr Harkavecʹ (2000) Urumsʹkyj Slovnyk [Urum-Ukrainian Dictionary], Almaty: Ynstytut Sxodoznavstva Myžnarodnyx Vydnosyn Xarkyvsʹkyj Kolehyum, →ISBN