хавцал

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Mongolian

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Etymology

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Proto-Mongolic *kab- (narrow) perhaps suffixed with -ца- (-ca-) + (-l).

Compare with Buryat хабсал (xabsal, cliff, gorge).

Noun

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хавцал (xavcal) (Mongolian spelling ᠬᠠᠪᠴᠠᠯ (qabčal)); (regular declension)

  1. gorge, ravine
  2. (rare) isthmus
    Synonym: хүзүүвч (xüzüüvč)