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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 • (гэр) (Cyrillic ᠭᠡᠷ)
- yurt, ger
- house
Mongolian
Etymology 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.
- 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)
- yurt, ger
- house
Declension
Declension of гэр (э-harmonic regular үүд-pl)
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Synonyms
Derived terms
- хар гэр (xar ger, “jail, prison”, literally “black house”)
Etymology 2
Noun
гэр • (ger)
- (dated) light