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Buryat
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Mongol .
Pronunciation
- (Khori) IPA(key): /a͜i.maɢ/,
- Hyphenation: ай‧маг
Noun
аймаг • (ajmag) (??? please provide spelling!)
- (historical) tribe
- aimag, aimak (administrative division in Buryatia, equivalent to Russian raion)
- Synonym: район (rajon)
- aimag, aimak (administrative division in Mongolia)
- (biology) kingdom
- ургамалай аймаг ― urgamalaj ajmag ― the kingdom Plantae
- амитанай аймаг ― amitanaj ajmag ― the kingdom Animalia
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
Mongolian
Etymology
From Classical Mongolian ᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭ (ayimag, “tribe”), from Middle Mongol (“tribe”). Cognate with Buryat аймаг (ajmag), Kalmyk әәмг (äämg), Turkish oymak (Mongolic borrowing), etc.
Pronunciation
Noun
аймаг • (ajmag)
- tribe
- province (of Mongolia)
- league (of Inner Mongolia)
- district (of Buryatia)
- (biology) kingdom
Declension
Declension of аймаг (а-harmonic regular ууд-pl)
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Synonyms
- (league): чуулган (čuulgan) (historical)
See also