Mongolian edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Perhaps a back-formation from цайрах (cajrax, to fade, to whiten)., compare Buryat сайр (sajr, aluminium).

Noun edit

цайр (cajr) (Mongolian spelling ᠴᠠᠶᠢᠷ (čayir)); (regular declension)

  1. zinc

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

цайр (cajr)

  1. (botany) a kind of plant; an ashy colored bush with red seed
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