өрөө

Mongolian

Etymology

Cognate with Kalmyk өрә (örä, “room, a half of a yurt”) with several possible explanations:

• Deriving from the same root as өрөөл (örööl, “half, one of a pair”), өрөөсөн (öröösön, “odd, unpaired”), originally denoting a half of a yurt.
• From the same root as өр (ör, “interior, heart”).
• өрөх (öröx, “to arrange, to lay”) +‎ -өө(н) (-öö(n)), unlikely due to lack of -n in Kalmyk.

Noun

өрөө • (öröö) (Mongolian spelling ᠥᠷᠦᠭᠡ (örüge) or ᠡᠷᠦᠭᠡ (erüge), definite plural өрөөнүүд); (hidden-n declension)

1. room

   Synonym: тасалгаа (tasalgaa)

2. chamber (of a device)

Derived terms

• галын өрөө (galyn öröö, “kitchen”)

Yakut

Etymology

From өр (ör) + өө (öö). From Proto-Turkic.

Verb

өрөө • (öröö)

1. (intransitive) to rest, to be idle (usually for one or more days)

   Synonym: сынньан (sınnyan)

   мин бүгүн өрөөтүм ― min bügün öröötüm ― I'm resting today

   манна хас да күн өрөөтүлэр ― manna qas da kün öröötüler ― they rested here for a few days

Derived terms

• өрөбүл (öröbül, “day off, holiday, vacation day”)