давс

Mongolian

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *dabusun, probably borrowed from an early Turkic language, compare Buryat дабһан (dabhan), Kalmyk давсн (davsn), Dongxiang dansun, Chuvash тӑвар (tăvar)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taws/

Noun

давс • (davs) (Mongolian spelling ᠳᠠᠪᠤᠰᠤ (dabusu)); (hidden-n declension)

1. salt

Derived terms

• давслах (davslax, “to salt”)

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tuz”, in Nişanyan Sözlük