альчур
Kalmyk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Mongolic *arčiγul. Cognate with Mongolian алчуур (alčuur), Buryat аршуул (aršuul) and Khamnigan Mongol арчуул (arčuul). Note the metathesis.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]альчур • (alʹçur) (Clear script spelling ᠠᠯᡔᡅᡇᠷ (alciur))
References
[edit]- A. Pozdneev (1911) “альчур”, in Калмыцко-русскій словарь [Kalmyk-Russian dictionary], Saint-Petersburg: Типографія императорской академіи наук, page 8
- Этимологический словарь монгольских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Mongolian Languages] (in Russian), Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2015