гэр

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See also: гер

Buryat

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic: compare Mongolian гэр (ger), Kalmyk гер (ger).

Also compared to Proto-Turkic *yūrt (yurt, dwelling, home). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡer/,
  • Hyphenation: гэр

Noun

гэр (ger) (Mongolian script ᠭᠡᠷ)

  1. yurt, ger
  2. house

Mongolian

Etymology 1

MongolianCyrillic
ᠭᠡᠷ
(ger)
гэр
(ger)
  1. From Classical Mongolian ᠭᠡᠷ (ger), from Middle Mongol , from Proto-Mongolic *ger. Cognate with Buryat гэр (ger), Khamnigan Mongol гэр (ger), Kalmyk гер (ger), etc.
  2. Could it also be related to Tibetan གུར (gur) and Proto-Turkic *kerekü (a type of yurt)? (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

Noun

гэр (ger)

  1. yurt, ger
  2. house
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • хар гэр (xar ger, jail, prison, literally black house)

Etymology 2

MongolianCyrillic
ᠭᠡᠷ᠎ᠡ
(ger-e)
гэр
(ger)

Noun

гэр (ger)

  1. (dated) light
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