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Mongolian
Etymology
Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠲᠡᠷᠭᠡ (terge), from Middle Mongol ᠲᠡᠷᠭᠡᠨ (tergen), from Proto-Mongolic *tergen. Compare Buryat тэргэн (tergen), Kalmyk тергн (tergn), Daur tergu (“vehicle”), Dongxiang qierge (“cart”), Dongxiang qiereigvan (“car”), East Yugur tergen. related to Old Turkic tirke- (“connect to back of something”), compare Turkmen tirkemek, Turkmen tirkeg (“cart connected to animal”) and Chagatai ترکاک. Perhaps also related to Proto-Tungusic *turki (“sleigh”), Nivkh т’у (tʼu) or Korean 달구지 (dalguji, “cart”). Furthermore, compare Even турки (turki), Nanai токи (toki).
Pronunciation
Noun
тэрэг • (tereg) (Mongolian spelling); (hidden-n declension)
- cart
- motorcar
- (chess) rook
- Synonym: (colloquial) ханхай (xanxaj)
Declension
Declension of тэрэг (э-harmonic hidden-n үүд-pl)
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