аав

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Kalmyk

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Cyrillic Clear Script
аав (aav) ᠠᡃᡋᠠ(āba)

Etymology

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Cognate with Mongolian аав (aav, father).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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аав (aav) (plural аавнр)

  1. grandfather
  2. (informal) dad

See also

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Mongolian

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MongolianCyrillic
ᠠᠪᠤ
(abu)
аав
(aav)

Etymology

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From Classical Mongolian ᠠᠪᠤ (abu), from Middle Mongol [Term?], Proto-Mongolic *abu. Cognate with Buryat аба (aba), Kalmyk аав (aav), Dongxiang aba, awi, East Yugur awa, Mongghul aaba, Khitan [script needed] (ay).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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аав (aav) (definite plural аавууд or аав нар); (regular declension)

  1. (informal) dad
    Synonym: эцэг (eceg)

Declension

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