хальмг
Kalmyk edit
Etymology edit
From Written Oirat ᡍᠠᠯᡅᡏᠠᡎ (xalimag), an exonym ultimately from Proto-Turkic *kiāl-mak (“to stay behind”, literally “those who stayed behind”). Compare also Buryat хальмаг (xalʹmag), Mongolian халимаг (xalimag); Khakas халмах (xalmax), Siberian Tatar ҡалмаҡ (qalmaq), Kazakh қалмақ (qalmaq), Bashkir ҡалмаҡ (qalmaq), Turkish kalmak etc.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
хальмг • (xalʹmg) (Clear script spelling ᡍᠠᠯᡅᡏᠠᡎ (xalimag), plural хальмгуд)
- Kalmyk (person)
- (attributive) Kalmyk
- хальмг келн ― xalʹmg keln ― the Kalmyk language
- Хальмг Таңһч ― Xalʹmg Tañğç ― Kalmykia
- (attributive) Kalmyk
Synonyms edit
- өөрд (öörd, “Oirat”)