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Kalmyk
Noun
цөл • (tsöl)
- desert (barren area)
Mongolian
Etymology
From Proto-Mongolic *cöl, compare Buryat сүл (sül).
Borrowing from Proto-Turkic *čöl (“steppe, desert”), compare Turkish çöl.
Pronunciation
Noun
цөл • (cöl) (Mongolian spelling ᠴᠥᠯ (čöl)); (regular declension)
- desert (an extremely dry area of land hostile to animal and plant life)
Derived terms
- цөлжих (cölžix, “to desertify”)
See also