үхэр

Mongolian

Etymology

1. From Proto-Mongolic *hüker, compare Daur xukur.
2. The Mongolic terms is likely borrowed from Proto-Turkic *öküŕ, compare Turkish öküz.

Pronunciation

• (Ulaanbaatar) IPA^(key): /uxər/, [uçɪr]

Noun

үхэр • (üxer) (Mongolian spelling ᠦᠬᠡᠷ (üker))

1. cow, ox (domestic bovine, bovine used as a beast of burden)
2. (astrology) a year of the Ox (the second year under the twelve-year lunar cycle.)
3. (in compounds) big, huge

Hyponyms

• үнээ (ünee, “cow”)
• бух (bux, “bull”)
• эр үхэр (er üxer, “steer”)
• бяруу (bjaruu, “two-year-old calf”)