From Classical Mongolian ᠲᠡᠷᠡ᠋ (ter-e, “that”), from Middle Mongol ᠲᠡᠷᠡ (tere) and ᠲᠡᠷᠡ᠋ (ter-e, “that”), from Proto-Mongolic *tere (“that”). Cognate with Buryat тэрэ (tere, “that”), Kalmyk тер (ter, “that; he, she, it”), Dongxiang tere, etc.
Replaced original ᠢ (i, compare Daur ing) for sense ‘he, she, it’ as the third-person singular pronoun.
тэр • (ter) (Mongolian spelling ᠲᠡᠷᠡ (tere))
тэр • (ter) (Mongolian spelling ᠲᠡᠷᠡ (tere))
| nominative | тэр (ter) |
|---|---|
| oblique | түүн (tüün) |
| possessive determiner | түүний (tüünii) |
| possessive pronoun | түүнийх (tüüniix) |
| dative-locative | түүнд (tüünd) |
| accusative | түүнийг (tüüniig) |
| ablative | түүнээс (tüünees) |
| instrumental | түүгээр (tüügeer) |
| comitative | түүнтэй (tüüntej) |
| directional | түүн рүү (tüün rüü) |
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | би (bi) | бид (bid) | |
| 2nd person | familiar | чи (či) | та нар (ta nar), таануус (taanuus) |
| polite | та (ta) | ||
| 3rd person | тэр (ter) | (over there) тэд (ted), тэд нар (ted nar) (over here) эд (ed), эд нар (ed nar) | |
From Proto-Turkic *tẹr. Cognate to Karachay-Balkar тер (ter), Kumyk тер (ter), Crimean Tatar ter, Karaim ter, тер (ter), тэр (ter), Kazakh тер (ter), etc.
тэр • (ter)