жор

Mongolian

Etymology

From Tibetan སྦྱོར (sbyor).

Pronunciation

• (Ulaanbaatar) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɔr/

Noun

жор • (žor) (Mongolian spelling ᠵᠣᠷ (ǰor))

1. prescription
2. recipe

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʐor]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

жор • (žor) m inan (genitive жо́ра, uncountable)

1. feeding period (of fish)
2. (colloquial, humorous) voracious appetite, munchies

   на него жор напал ― na nevo žor napal ― he eats like a trooper

Declension

Declension of жор (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	жо́р žór
genitive	жо́ра žóra
dative	жо́ру žóru
accusative	жо́р žór
instrumental	жо́ром žórom
prepositional	жо́ре žóre

Related terms

• жрать impf (žratʹ)
• обжо́ра m or f (obžóra)