махла

Kalmyk

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *malaγai. Cognate with Mongolian малгай (malgaj) and Buryat малгай (malgaj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maχˈla/

Noun

махла • (maxla) (Clear script spelling ᡏᠠᡍᠠᠯᠠᡅ (maxalai))

1. hat, cap

References

• A. Pozdneev (1911) “махла”, in Калмыцко-русскій словарь [Kalmyk-Russian dictionary], Saint-Petersburg: Типографія императорской академіи наук, page 230
• Этимологический словарь монгольских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Mongolian Languages] (in Russian), Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2015