солгой

Mongolian

Mongolian
ᠰᠣᠯᠤᠭᠠᠢ (soluɣai)
Cyrillic
солгой (solgoj)

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *solagaï. Compare Buryat hалгай (halgaj), as well as Kazakh солақай (solaqai, “left-handed”), Bashkir һулаҡай (hulaqay, “left-handed”), Azerbaijani solaxay (“left-handed”), Tuvan солагай (solagay, “left, left-handed”).

Possibly related to Proto-Turkic *sōl (“left”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• (Khalkha) IPA^(key): /sɔɮ.ɢɔi/, [sɔɮ.ʁɜ]

Adjective

солгой • (solgoj)

1. left-handed
2. out of tune