ᠰᠤᠮᠤ

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Mongolian

MongolianCyrillic
ᠰᠤᠮᠤ
(sumu)		сум
(sum)

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *sumun (“arrow”), compare Dongxiang sumu.

The sense 'district' arose during the Qing dynasty as a calque of Manchu ᠨᡳᡵᡠ (niru, “a large arrow, militia company, district”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ᠰᠤᠮᠤ • (sumu)

  1. arrow, projectile, bullet
  2. sum (sometimes somon, sumon or sumu) (the second-level civil administrative unit in the Mongolian governance system)

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References

  1. ^ Christopher P. Atwood (2004) Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol empire, New York: Facts on File, Inc, page 523
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