амьтан

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Mongolian

MongolianCyrillic
ᠠᠮᠢᠲᠠᠨ
(amitan)
амьтан
(amʹtan)

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠠᠮᠢᠲᠠᠨ (amitan, creature), from Middle Mongol ᠠᠮᠢᠲᠠᠨ (amitan, grammatically plural orantive), from Proto-Mongolic *amitan. By surface analysis, амь (amʹ, breath; life) +‎ -тан (-tan, substantive ornative suffix). Cognate with Buryat амитан (amitan), Kalmyk әмтн (ämtn), etc.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: амь‧тан

Noun

амьтан (amʹtan)

  1. creature
    хамаг амьтанxamag amʹtanall living beings
  2. animal
    амьтны хүрээлэнamʹtny xüreelenzoo; zoological garden

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