заазуур

Mongolian

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠵᠠᠭᠠᠵᠤᠤᠷ (ǰaɣaǰuur)	заазуур (zaazuur)

Alternative forms

• заадуур (zaaduur)

Etymology

From Chinese 鍘刀兒 / 铡刀儿 (zhá​dāor, “hand-held fodder chopper”) with erhua. Originally заадуур (zaaduur), The 'д' in the second syllable likely shifted to 'з' under influence of the first syllable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡saːt͡sʊːr̥/
• Syllabification: заа‧зуур (2 syllables)

Noun

заазуур • (zaazuur)

1. cleaver, chopper