Wiktionary

хавцал

Mongolian edit

Etymology edit

Proto-Mongolic *kab- (“narrow”) perhaps suffixed with -ца- (-ca-) + -л (-l).

Compare with Buryat хабсал (xabsal, “cliff, gorge”).

Noun edit

хавцал • (xavcal) (Mongolian spelling ᠬᠠᠪᠴᠠᠯ (qabčal)); (regular declension)

  1. gorge, ravine
  2. (rare) isthmus
    Synonym: хүзүүвч (xüzüüvč)
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