эмэгтэй

Mongolian

Etymology 1

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠡᠮᠡᠭᠲᠡᠢ (emeɣtei)	эмэгтэй (emegtej)

Morphologically the same as the second etymology, but the development of meaning is unclear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [e̝.mɘ̝̆x.tʰeː]
• Hyphenation: э‧мэг‧тэй

Noun

эмэгтэй • (emegtej) (definite plural эмэгтэйчүүд or эмэгтэйчүүл)

1. woman (a female person)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠡᠮᠡᠭᠡ ᠲᠡᠢ (emege tei)	эмэгтэй (emegtej)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [e̝.mɘ̝̆x.tʰeː]
• Hyphenation: э‧мэг‧тэй

Noun

эмэгтэй • (emegtej)

1. comitative of эмэг (emeg, “grandma”)