сэжиг

Mongolian

Etymology

Cognate with Buryat һэжэг (hežeg) and Kalmyk сеҗг (sejg, “suspiciousness”), from Common Turkic *sẹ̄zig (“doubt”), compare Turkish sezi (“foreboding”).

Pronunciation

• (Ulaanbaatar) IPA^(key): /sit͡ɕəɡ/

Noun

сэжиг • (sežig) (Mongolian spelling ᠰᠡᠵᠢᠭ (seǰig)); (regular declension)

1. doubt

   Synonyms: дамжиг (damžig), эргэлзээ (ergelzee)

Derived terms

• сэжиглэх (sežiglex, “to doubt”)