балар

Mongolian

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠪᠠᠯᠠᠷ (balar)	балар (balar)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɮar̥/
• Syllabification: ба‧лар (2 syllables)

Adjective

балар • (balar)

1. dark; gloomy
2. dense; thick; impenetrable
3. uncertain; vague; incomprehensible
4. archaic; primitive; of the distant past; of time immemorial
5. (figurative, of an attitude) backward; ignorant; out of touch; politically incorrect; stuck in the Stone Age

Derived terms

• балархай (balarxaj)

 

Further reading

• “балар”, in Монгол хэлний их тайлбар толь [Dictionary of the Mongolian Language] (in Mongolian), Institute of Linguistics of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, 2016–present
• Большой академический монгольско–русский словарь в четырех томах [Great Academic Mongolian–Russian Dictionary in four volumes] (in Russian), Institute of Language and Literature of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences & Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2001