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Kalmyk
Etymology
From Middle Mongol ᠡᠷᠬᠡᠰᠢᠶᠡᠯ (erkesiyel, “power, privilege”) + ᠲᠡᠢ (tei, commitative suffix). By surface analysis, эркшл (erkşl) + тә (tä). The root is ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *erke (“power, might”); the second part of the word is of unknown origin. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Adjective
эркшлтә • (erkşltä)
- privileged, having (political) power
- arrogant
- Synonym: омгта (omgta)
- despotic, autocratic, absolute (monarch)
- (politics) having personality cult
References
- Muniev, B. D. (1977) “эркшлтә”, in Калмыцко-русский словарь [Kalmyk–Russian dictionary], Moscow: Издательство "Русский язык", page 703b