-тан

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Mongolian

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MongolianCyrillic
᠊ᠲᠠᠨ
(-tan)
-тан
(-tan)

Etymology

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From Classical Mongolian ᠊ᠲᠠᠨ (-tan), from Middle Mongol [script needed] (-tan). Originally plural or collective of ornative (-t) and -тай (-taj). Cognate with Buryat -тан (-tan), Kalmyk -тн (-tn), etc.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-тан (-tan)

  1. Forms nouns with the meaning of "with" after noun and adjective stems ending in а (a), аа (aa), иа (ia) у (u), уу (uu) or иу (iu).
    амь (amʹ, breath; life) + ‎-тан (-tan) → ‎амьтан (amʹtan, the lives; animal)
    оюун (ojuun, wisdom) + ‎-тан (-tan) → ‎оюутан (ojuutan, student)
    баруун (baruun, right) + ‎-тан (-tan) → ‎баруунтан (baruuntan, rightist)

Inflection

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