Mongolian edit

Etymology edit

Cognate with Buryat сурхай (surxaj) and Kalmyk цурх (tsurx). The suffix +‎ -хай (-xaj) is common in animal names while *cur- may be connected with (late attested) Proto-Turkic *čortan, see Bashkir суртан (surtan).

Noun edit

цурхай (curxaj); (regular declension)

  1. pike (fish)

Declension edit