өвр

Kalmyk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /øˈwər/

Etymology 1

Cyrillic	Clear Script
өвр (övr)	ᡈᡋᡈᠷ (öbör)

From Proto-Mongolic *ebür. Cognate with Mongolian өвөр (övör) and Buryat үбэр (über).

Noun

өвр • (övr) (plural өврмүд)

1. bosom
   • “Мордсн күүкнд нерәдсн дун”:

     Сәәхн заӊгта ээҗиннь, // Өвр деернь өсләв.

     I grew up in the bosom of my good-tempered mother.

2. (rare) southern or sunny side of a slope

Derived terms

• Өвр Моңһл (Övr Moñğl)

Etymology 2

Cyrillic	Clear Script
өвр (övr)	ᡄᡋᡉᠷ (ebür)

From Proto-Mongolic *eber. Cognate with Mongolian эвэр (ever), Buryat эбэр (eber).

Noun

өвр • (övr) (plural өврмүд)

1. horn

References

• Этимологический словарь монгольских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Mongolian Languages] (in Russian), Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2015
• A. Pozdneev (1911) “өвр”, in Калмыцко-русскій словарь [Kalmyk-Russian dictionary], Saint-Petersburg: Типографія императорской академіи наук