шалтгаан
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Classical Mongolian, equivalent to шалтах (šaltax, “to pretend”) + -(г)аан (-(g)aan) with the -г- (-g-) of the suffix perhaps influenced by шалтаг (šaltag, “motive”).
Compare Ordos [ʃiltʰaɣ̱aːn], Buryat шалтагаа (šaltagaa), but Kalmyk шалтан (şaltan).
Pronunciation
[edit](Ulaanbaatar) IPA(key): /ʃaɮtʰɢaŋ/, [ʃaɬtˈʁaɴ]
Noun
[edit]шалтгаан • (šaltgaan) (Mongolian spelling ᠰᠢᠯᠲᠠᠭᠠᠨ (siltaɣan)); (regular declension)
- root, cause (that which causes an event)
- reason, pretext, excuse
- Synonyms: шалтаг (šaltag), учир (učir), учир шалтгаан (učir šaltgaan)
- occasion, event, circumstance
- Synonyms: нөхцөл (nöxcöl), шалтаг (šaltag), боломж (bolomž), нөхцөл (nöxcöl), нөхцөл байдал (nöxcöl bajdal), нөхцөл шалтгаан (nöxcöl šaltgaan)
- fetus
- (grammar, obsolete) subject, object
- Synonyms: өгүүлэгдэхүүн (ögüülegdexüün), тусагдахуун (tusagdaxuun)
Derived terms
[edit]- учир шалтгаан (učir šaltgaan, “motive”)
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