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Mongolian
Etymology
From Classical Mongolian ᠊ᠲᠠᠨ (-tan), from Middle Mongol (-tan). Originally plural or collective of ornative -т (-t) and -тай (-taj). Cognate with Buryat -тан (-tan), Kalmyk -тн (-tn), etc.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-тан • (-tan)
- Forms nouns with the meaning of "with" after noun and adjective stems ending in а (a), аа (aa), иа (ia) у (u), уу (uu) or иу (iu).
- амь (amʹ, “breath; life”) + -тан (-tan) → амьтан (amʹtan, “the lives; animal”)
- оюун (ojuun, “wisdom”) + -тан (-tan) → оюутан (ojuutan, “student”)
- баруун (baruun, “right”) + -тан (-tan) → баруунтан (baruuntan, “rightist”)
Inflection
| back vowel | front vowel |
| unrounded | -тан
-tan | -тэн
-ten |
| rounded | -тон
-ton | -төн
-tön |