Mongolian edit

Etymology 1 edit

MongolianCyrillic
ᠬᠡᠯᠡ
(kele)
хэл
(xel)

From Classical Mongolian ᠬᠡᠯᠡ (kele), from Middle Mongol [script needed] (kälän), from Proto-Mongolic *kälä-n. Cognate with Buryat хэлэн (xelen), Kalmyk келн (keln), Dongxiang kielien, etc.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

хэл (xel)

  1. tongue
  2. language
    монгол хэлmongol xelthe Mongolian language
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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Etymology 2 edit

MongolianCyrillic
ᠬᠡᠯᠡ
(kele)
хэл
(xel)

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

хэл (xel)

  1. imperative of хэлэх (xelex, to say)