хачир

Mongolian

Noun

хачир • (xačir)

1. garnish, dressing, fixings, seasoning, trimming
2. side dish

Tajik

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkic, from Mongolian [Term?], itself from Turkic. Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *katïr (“mule”). Related to Persian قاطر (qâter), which borrowed a directly inherited form of the word from another Turkic language. Compare Uzbek xachir and Uyghur خېچىر (xëchir); also Turkish katır, Azerbaijani qatır, Kazakh қашыр (qaşyr) etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xat͡ʃir/, [χä.t͡ʃʰiɾ]

Noun

хачир • (xačir)

1. mule (hybrid of female horse and male donkey)