үсэг
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Mongolian
[edit]Mongolian | Cyrillic |
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ᠦᠰᠦᠭ (üsüg) | үсэг (üseg) |
Etymology
[edit]From Sogdian 𐫀𐫇𐫋𐫀𐫐 (ʾwjʾk /užāk/, “letter of the alphabet”) via Turkic, perhaps originally from Middle Chinese 字 (dzɨH, “letter”). Occasionally confused with үзэг (üzeg, “pen”) as in several other Mongolic languages.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Ulaanbaatar) IPA(key): [u.sɘ̝̆k]
- Hyphenation: ү‧сэг
Noun
[edit]үсэг • (üseg); (regular declension)
Derived terms
[edit]- дөрвөлжин үсэг (dörvölžin üseg)
- үсгийн дараалал (üsgiin daraalal)
- эгшиг үсэг (egšig üseg)
- я-гийн төрлийн үсэг (ja-giin törliin üseg)
See also
[edit]- цагаан толгой (cagaan tolgoj, “alphabet”)