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сайхан

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Mongolian

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MongolianCyrillic
ᠰᠠᠶᠢᠬᠠᠨ
(sayiqan)
сайхан
(sajxan)

Etymology

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By surface analysis, сай- (saj-, good, adjective) +‎ -хан (-xan, affectionate/intensive suffix).

Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠰᠠᠶᠢᠬᠠᠨ (sayiqan), from Middle Mongol [Term?], from Proto-Mongolic *saxïkan. Cognate with Buryat һайхан (hajxan), Dongxiang saigvan, etc.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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сайхан (sajxan)

  1. beautiful, nice, handsome, pretty, fine
    Сонин сайхан юу байна вэ?
    Sonin sajxan juu bajna ve?
    How are you?
  2. intensive degree of сайн (sajn, good, adjective)
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Adverb

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сайхан (sajxan)

  1. intensive degree of сайн (sajn, good, adverb)
    Сайхан хооллоорой!Sajxan xoollooroj!Bon appétit! (literally, “Dine well!”)