Mongolian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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MongolianCyrillic
ᠬᠠᠩᠬᠠᠢ
(qaŋqai)
ханхай
(xanxaj)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

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ханхай (xanxaj)

  1. unfurnished; bare; unequipped; empty

Noun

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ханхай (xanxaj)

  1. emptiness; void; absence of anything
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Etymology 2

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MongolianCyrillic
ᠬᠠᠩᠬᠠᠢ
(qaŋqai)
ханхай
(xanxaj)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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ханхай (xanxaj)

  1. (chess, colloquial) rook
    Synonym: тэрэг (tereg)
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Further reading

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  • ханхай 1”, ханхай 2”, in Монгол хэлний их тайлбар толь [Dictionary of the Mongolian Language] (in Mongolian), Institute of Linguistics of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, 2016–present
  • Большой академический монгольско–русский словарь в четырех томах [Great Academic Mongolian–Russian Dictionary in four volumes] (in Russian), Institute of Language and Literature of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences & Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2001