аймаг

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Buryat

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Mongol .

Pronunciation

  • (Khori) IPA(key): /a͜i.maɢ/,
  • Hyphenation: ай‧маг

Noun

аймаг (ajmag) (??? please provide spelling!)

  1. (historical) tribe
  2. aimag, aimak (administrative division in Buryatia, equivalent to Russian raion)
    Synonym: район (rajon)
  3. aimag, aimak (administrative division in Mongolia)
  4. (biology) kingdom
    ургамалай аймагurgamalaj ajmagthe kingdom Plantae
    амитанай аймагamitanaj ajmagthe kingdom Animalia

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

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Mongolian

MongolianCyrillic
ᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭ
(ayimag)
аймаг
(ajmag)
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Etymology

From Classical Mongolian ᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭ (ayimag, tribe), from Middle Mongol (tribe). Cognate with Buryat аймаг (ajmag), Kalmyk әәмг (äämg), Turkish oymak (Mongolic borrowing), etc.

Pronunciation

Noun

аймаг (ajmag)

  1. tribe
  2. province (of Mongolia)
  3. league (of Inner Mongolia)
  4. district (of Buryatia)
  5. (biology) kingdom

Declension

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