мөөг

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: moor and Moor

Mongolian

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Chinese 蘑菇 (mógu, “mushroom”). Cognate with Manchu ᠮᡝᡤᡠ (megu) and Uyghur موگۇ (mogu).

Noun

[edit]

мөөг (möög) (Mongolian spelling ᠮᠥᠭᠦ (mögü))

  1. mushroom, fungus
    Дэлхий дээр 70 мянга гаруй мөөг байдаг.
    Delxii deer 70 mjanga garuj möög bajdag.
    There are over 70,000 species of mushrooms in nature.

References

[edit]
  • Этимологический словарь монгольских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Mongolian Languages] (in Russian), Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2015