тойрох

Mongolian

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *toxarï-, compare Dongxiang torei (“to stroll, to wander, to loiter”), East Yugur toro.

Verb

тойрох • (tojrox) (Mongolian spelling ᠲᠣᠭᠤᠷᠢᠬᠤ (toɣuriqu), causative тойруулах)

1. to circle (to go around)
2. to wander, to stroll

   Synonym: хэсэх (xesex)

3. to surround, to encircle

   Synonym: хүрээлэх (xüreelex)

4. (figuratively, with ablative) to avoid, to evade (an affair, saying a thing...)

   Synonym: зайлсхийх (zajlsxiix)

Derived terms

• тойруу (tojruu, “roundabout”)
• тойрог (tojrog, “circle”)

See also

• эргэх (ergex, “to turn, to rotate”)