засах

Mongolian

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠬᠤ (ǰasaqu)	засах (zasax)

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *jasa-, compare Mongghul sza (“make, repair”).

Turkic forms of the word (see Turkish yasamak) are considered Mongolisms, relation with Manchu ᡩᠠᠰᠠᠮᠪᡳ (dasambi, “to govern”), if any, is unclear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͜sä.sɜ̆χ]
• Hyphenation: за‧сах

Verb

засах • (zasax)

1. to fix, repair

   Synonyms: сэлбэх (selbex), засварлах (zasvarlax)

2. to correct, revise

   Synonyms: засамжлах (zasamžlax), засварлах (zasvarlax)

3. to construct, build

   Synonyms: бүтээх (büteex), байгуулах (bajguulax)

4. to tidy (a room, bed, ...)
5. to castrate, to geld

   Synonyms: агтлах (agtlax), хөнгөлөх (xöngölöx)

6. to treat, to heal

   Synonym: эмчлэх (emčlex)

Derived terms

• биеэ засах (bijee zasax, “go to toilet”, literally “regulate one's body”)
• засвар (zasvar, “adjustment, repair”)
  • засварлах (zasvarlax, “repair, redact”)
• засаг (zasag, “administration, government”)
  • эдийн засаг (ediin zasag, “economy”)
  • засаг төр (zasag tör, “government, regime”)
  • засгийн газар (zasgiin gazar, “seat of government”)
• засал (zasal, “ornamentation, therapy”)
  • мэс засал (mes zasal, “surgery”)
• засамжлах (zasamžlax, “to revise, to redact”)
• засуул (zasuul, “second (to a wrestler)”)
• заслага (zaslaga, “repair, treatment”)
• засдаг (zasdag, “hypocritical”)
• засмал (zasmal, “fixed”)