эркшлтә

Kalmyk

Alternative forms

• эркшилтә (erkşiltä)
• эрк шилтә (erk şiltä)

Etymology

From Middle Mongol ᠡᠷᠬᠡᠰᠢᠶᠡᠯ (erkesiyel, “power, privilege”) + ᠲᠡᠢ (tei, commitative suffix). By surface analysis, эркшл (erkşl) +‎ тә (tä). The root is ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *erke (“power, might”); the second part of the word is of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /er.kʃəlʲˈtæ/

Adjective

эркшлтә • (erkşltä)

1. privileged, having (political) power
2. arrogant

   Synonym: омгта (omgta)

3. despotic, autocratic, absolute (monarch)
4. (politics) having personality cult

References

• Muniev, B. D. (1977) “эркшлтә”, in Калмыцко-русский словарь [Kalmyk–Russian dictionary], Moscow: Издательство "Русский язык", page 703b