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Buryat
Etymology
Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠰᠡᠯᠡᠩᠭᠡ (Selengge) or ᠰᠡᠯᠢᠩᠭᠡ (Selingge).
Initial sibilant С- (S-) had irregularly not debuccalised to Һ- (H-).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /se.leŋ.ɡe/,
- Hyphenation: Сэ‧лэн‧гэ
Proper noun
Сэлэнгэ • (Selenge)
- Selenga (river in Mongolia and Buryatia, Russia; flowing into the Lake Baikal)
- Сэлэнгэ мүрэн ― Selenge müren ― the Selenga River
Declension
This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms