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Mongolian
Etymology
From Proto-Mongolic *meŋgün, compare Buryat мүнгэн (müngen), Kalmyk мөңгн (möñgn), Dongxiang miengu.
Perhaps related to Western Yugur menek (“money”), Arghu بَنَكْ (benek, “small copper coin”) identified by Clauson with Proto-Common Turkic *benek (“spot, speck, freckle”) from Persian بنک (banak, “seed, pimple”) (perhaps influenced by *beŋ (“birthmark”)). See Turkish benek.
Pronunciation
Noun
мөнгө • (möngö) (definite plural мөнгөнүүд); (hidden-n declension)
- silver
- money
- Alternative form: (abbreviation) мө. (mö.)
- (numismatics) fen
- Synonym: фэнь (fenʹ)
- (numismatics) kopek, kopeck, copeck
- Synonym: гапий (gapii)
Declension
Declension of мөнгө (ө-harmonic hidden-n үүд-pl)
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