тэр

See also: тёр

Mongolian

Etymology

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

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰir/

Determiner

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

1. that

Pronoun

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

1. that
2. he, she, it

Declension

    declension of тэр

nominative	тэр (ter)
oblique	түүн (tüün)
genitive	түүний (tüünij)
accusative	түүнийг (tüünijg)
dative-locative	түүнд (tüünd)
ablative	түүнээс (tüünees)
instrumental	түүгээр (tüügeer)
comitative	түүнтэй (tüüntej)

Related terms

• тэдгээр (tedgeer, “those”)
• тэд (ted, “they over there”)
• тэнд (tend, “there”)
• тийм (tijm, “thus, in that way”)

See also

• энэ (ene, “this”)

Mongolian personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		би (bi)	бид (bid)
2nd person	familiar	чи (či)	та нар (ta nar), таануус (taanuus)
	polite	та (ta)
3rd person		тэр (ter)	(over there) тэд (ted), тэд нар (ted nar); (over here) эд (ed), эд нар (ed nar)