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) (Uyghurjin spelling ᠲᠡᠷᠡ (tere))

1. that

Pronoun

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

1. that
2. he, she, it

Declension

    Declension of тэр

nominative	тэр (ter)
oblique	түүн (tüün)
possessive determiner	түүний (tüünij)
possessive pronoun	түүнийх (tüünijh)
dative-locative	түүнд (tüünd)
accusative	түүнийг (tüünijg)
ablative	түүнээс (tüünees)
instrumental	түүгээр (tüügeer)
comitative	түүнтэй (tüüntej)
directional	түүн рүү (tüün rüü)

Related terms

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

See also

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

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)