dzud
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Mongolian зуд (zud)/ᠵᠤᠳ (ǰud).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /(d)zuːd/
Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -uːd
Noun
dzud (plural dzuds)
- An ecological crisis in the steppe-land of Mongolia and Central Asia causing loss of livestock, typically a summer drought followed by a severe winter.
- 2010 April 7, Linda Pressly, “Mongolia on verge of mineral boom”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 29 April 2015:
- But the country is currently experiencing a "dzud" – when a summer drought followed by a severe winter decimates the grazing areas.
- 2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 3:
- Because migration distances are increasingly limited, people are increasingly vulnerable to various kinds of harsh winter or zud […] that can devastate herd populations and herder livelihoods.