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дөрвөд

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Mongolian

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Etymology

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From Classical Mongolian ᠳᠥ᠋ᠷᠪᠡᠳ (dörbed); equivalent to дөрвө- (dörvö-, four) +‎ (-d, plural suffix). Compare Kalmyk дөрвд (dörvd), Written Oirat ᡑᡈᠷᡋᡈᡑ (dörböd), Tuvan дөрбет (dörbet), Southern Altai тӧрбӧт (törböt), Kazakh дөрбет (dörbet), Buryat дүрбэд (dürbed), Manchu ᡩ᠋ᡠ᠋ᡵᠪᡝᡨ (durbet), Chinese 杜爾伯特杜尔伯特 (Dù'ěrbótè).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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дөрвөд (dörvöd) (Mongolian spelling ᠳᠥ᠋ᠷᠪᠡᠳ (dörbed), definite plural дөрвөдүүд); (regular declension)

  1. (plural) (⁓ аймаг) Dörböds, an Oirat-Mongol tribe ruled by Esen’s descendants of the Choros clan
  2. (plural) (⁓ аймаг) Dorbods, an Aru-Mongol tribe ruled by Hasar’s descendants of the Borjigit clan
  3. (plural) (⁓ аймаг) Dorbods, another Aru-Mongol tribe ruled by Hasar’s descendants, which was originally called дөрвөн хүүхдийн аймаг (dörvön xüüxdiin ajmag, literally tribe of the four sons)
  4. (singulative) (⁓ хүн) A member of each three tribes listed above

Declension

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See also

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