Chuvash

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Chuvash *χåral, from Middle Mongol ᠬᠠᠷᠠᠭᠤᠯ (qaraɣul).

Noun

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хурал (hural)

  1. guard
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Etymology 2

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From *qaral-, ultimately a derivation from Proto-Turkic *kara (black).

Verb

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хурал (hural)

  1. to blacken, to become black
  2. to darken, to become dark
  3. to soil, to become dirty

Etymology 3

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Noun

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хурал (hural)

  1. khural

Mongolian

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Etymology

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хурах (xurax, to gather, to convene) +‎ (-l), compare Kalmyk хурл (xurl, monastery, church service), Buryat хурал (xural, church service).

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Noun

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хурал (xural) (Mongolian spelling ᠬᠤᠷᠠᠯ (qural))

  1. khural, assembly, parliament
  2. church assembly, public prayer
  3. a small monastery

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Russian

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Etymology

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Mongolian хурал (xural) or ᠬᠤᠷᠠᠯ (qural).

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Noun

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хура́л (xurálm inan (genitive хура́ла, nominative plural хура́лы, genitive plural хура́лов)

  1. khural or hural, national congress (in Mongolia); also in Buryatia, Kalmykia or Tuva (in Russia)

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