уурхай

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Mongolian

Nuurst Khotgor coal mine

Etymology

Cognate with Buryat уурхай (uurxaj, “nest, mine”), Kalmyk уурха (uurxa, “mine, source”).

Perhaps from Proto-Mongolic *huxur (“grave”) (Middle Mongol هوور, Mongghul fuuri) +‎ -хай (-xaj) if this reconstruction is valid, that is if given cognates don't derive from *hexür (“nest”), for which see үүр (üür).

Pronunciation

Noun

уурхай • (uurxaj) (Mongolian spelling ᠠᠭᠤᠷᠬᠠᠢ (aɣurqai)); (regular declension)

  1. mine
    1. excavation from which ore is extracted along with buildings and equipment used by the mining crew
      ил уурхай ― il uurxaj ― opencast mine
      уул уурхайн үйлдвэр ― uul uurxajn üjldver ― mining industry
    2. the site containing ore itself
  2. (figuratively) a source
  3. pit, hole

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