хайлмаг

Mongolian

Etymology

хайлах (xajlax, “to melt”) +‎ -маг (-mag). The noun is perhaps a phono-semantic match of a Turkic word. Compare Kazakh қаймақ (qaimaq), Turkish kaymak.

Pronunciation

• (Ulaanbaatar) IPA^(key): /xaiɮməɡ/, [ˈχæeɮmɐk]

Adjective

хайлмаг • (xajlmag) (Mongolian spelling ᠬᠠᠶ᠋ᠢᠯᠤᠮᠠᠭ (qayilumag))

1. molten

Noun

хайлмаг • (xajlmag) (Mongolian spelling ᠬᠠᠶ᠋ᠢᠯᠤᠮᠠᠭ (qayilumag))

1. a kind of dessert prepared from sweetened, caramelized cream

See also

• өрөм (öröm, “clotted cream out of which хайлмаг is made”)