нутаг

Mongolian

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠨᠤᠲᠤᠭ (nutug)	нутаг (nutag)

Etymology

From Classical Mongolian ᠨᠤᠲᠤᠭ (nutug), from Middle Mongol nuntux, nutux, from Proto-Mongolic *nuntug (“grazing place, native place”). Cognate with Buryat нютаг (njutag), Kalmyk нутг (nutg), etc.

Pronunciation

• (Khalkha) IPA^(key): /nʊ.tʰäɢ/, [nʊ.ʰtə̆q˖]
• Hyphenation: ну‧таг

Noun

нутаг • (nutag)

1. homeland, birthplace, hometown, country

   Миний нутаг Монгол улс.

   Minii nutag Mongol uls.

   My homeland is Mongolia.

2. territory
3. (historical) nutuk (subdivision of a banner)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

verbs

• нутаглах (nutaglax)
• нутагших (nutagšix)
• нутгаа санах (nutgaa sanax)

 

nouns

• төрсөн нутаг (törsön nutag)