тэнгис

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Buryat

Noun

тэнгис (tengis)

  1. sea

Mongolian

MongolianCyrillic
ᠲᠡᠩᠭᠢᠰ
(tenggis)
тэнгис
(tengis)

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠲᠡᠩᠭᠢᠰ᠋ (tenggis, a lake), from Middle Mongol 騰汲思 (/⁠teŋgis⁠/), from Common Turkic *teŋiz, from Proto-Turkic *teŋiŕ. Doublet of Чингис (Čingis, Genghis). Compare Buryat тэнгис (tengis), Kalmyk теңгс (teñgs); Kazakh теңіз (teñız, a sea), Uzbek dengiz (a sea), Turkish deniz (a sea); Manchu ᡨᡝᠩᡤᡳᠨ (tenggin, a lake); etc.

Noun

тэнгис (tengis)

  1. a sea
    Synonym: далай (dalaj)
    Япон тэнгисJapon tengisthe Sea of Japan
    Хар тэнгисXar tengisthe Black Sea
    Газар дундын тэнгисGazar dundyn tengisthe Mediterranean Sea
  2. a lake
    Synonym: нуур (nuur)

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