хорь

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Mongolian

Mongolian
ᠬᠣᠷᠢ
(qori)
Cyrillic
хорь
(xorʹ)
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    Cardinal: хорь (xorʹ)
    Attributive: хорин (xorin)
    Ordinal: хорьдугаар (xorʹdugaar), хорь дахь (xorʹ daxʹ)
    Adverbial: хоринтоо (xorintoo)
    Approximative: хориод (xoriod)
    Collective: хориул (xoriul)
    Maximative: хориор (xorior)

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *korin, compare Buryat хорин (xorin), Kalmyk хөрн (xörn).

Numeral

хорь (xorʹ)

  1. twenty

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъxorь (literally ferret, stinky). Cognate to дух (dux), дохну́ть (doxnútʹ).

Pronunciation

Noun

хорь (xorʹm anim (genitive хоря́, nominative plural хори́, genitive plural хоре́й)

  1. ferret, polecat
    Synonym: хорёк (xorjók)

Declension