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Mongolian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Russian поме́щик (poméščik).
Pronunciation
Noun
помещик • (pomeščik)
- landlord; a noble who owns landed property
- (historical) serfholder
Usage notes
Due to its rarity, щ (šč) is sometimes replaced by the more common ш (š).
References
- Большой академический монгольско–русский словарь в четырех томах [Great Academic Mongolian–Russian Dictionary in four volumes] (in Russian), Institute of Language and Literature of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences & Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2001
Russian
Pronunciation
Noun
поме́щик • (poméščik) m anim (genitive поме́щика, nominative plural поме́щики, genitive plural поме́щиков, feminine поме́щица, relational adjective поме́щичий)
- landlord; a noble who owns landed property
- (historical) serfholder
Declension