чирә

Kalmyk

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *cïraï. Cognate with Mongolian царай (caraj) and Buryat шарай (šaraj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕiˈræ/

Noun

чирә • (çirä) (Clear script spelling ᡔᡅᠷᠠᡅ (cirai))

1. face

Synonyms

• нүр (nür)

References

• A. Pozdneev (1911) “чирә”, in Калмыцко-русскій словарь [Kalmyk-Russian dictionary], Saint-Petersburg: Типографія императорской академіи наук, page 250