эрхэм

Mongolian

Etymology

Cognate with Buryat эрхим (erxim), Kalmyk эркм (erkm) (rare or obsolete).

Commonly treated as a variant form of ᠡᠷᠬᠢᠨ (erkin), found as early as Middle Mongol. Perhaps identifiable with an earlier Turkic title, see Old Uyghur [script needed] (irkin).

Noun

эрхэм • (erxem) (Mongolian spelling ᠡᠷᠬᠢᠮ (erkim))

important
supreme
dear (addressing someone at the beginning of a letter)

Related terms

(?) эрхлэх (erxlex, “to manage, to run”)