тэмээ

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Mongolian

MongolianCyrillic
ᠲᠡᠮᠡᠭᠡ
(temege)
тэмээ
(temee)

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *temexen, a borrowing from Proto-Turkic *tebe. Compare Buryat тэмээн (temeen), Kalmyk темән (temän), Mongghul timeen and Turkish deve.

a camel at Naadam

The sense 'bishop' is unique to Mongolian (and Kalmyk), and probably represents an adaptation of the Persian version where the bishop is called 'elephant'.

Pronunciation

Noun

тэмээ (temee) (Mongolian spelling); (hidden-n declension)

  1. camel
  2. (chess) bishop
  3. (Shagai) one of four sides of the ankle bone dice used in Monglian folk games

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See also

Chess pieces in Mongolian · шатрын дүрс (šatryn dürs) (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
ноён (nojon) бэрс (bers) тэрэг (tereg) тэмээ (temee) морь (morʹ) хүү (xüü)