үндэс

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Mongolian

MongolianCyrillic
ᠦᠨᠳᠦᠰᠦ
(ündüsü)
үндэс
(ündes)

Etymology

  1. From Proto-Mongolic *ündüsün, compare Buryat үндэһэн (ündehen), Kalmyk үндсн (ündsn), Dongxiang undusun.
  2. Perhaps related somehow to Proto-Tungusic *ŋuiŋte (Evenki ӈиӈтэ (ŋiŋtə)) or Karakhanid (öŋdī, traditional customs).

Containing (-s).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: үн‧дэс

Noun

үндэс (ündes); (hidden-n declension)

  1. root (underground part of a plant)
  2. foundation, origin, source
    Synonyms: уг (ug), гарал (garal), эх (ex), язгуур (jazguur)
  3. nationality, folk
    Synonyms: ястан (jastan), үндэстэн (ündesten)
  4. (grammar) root
  5. (in compounds) main, fundamental
    Synonyms: гол (gol), чухал (čuxal)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Number

үндэс (ündes)

  1. (humorous) ten

Synonyms