ᠰᠡᠯᠡᠩᠭᠡ

Classical Mongolian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Mongol 薛鿌格 (/⁠säläŋgä⁠/).

Proper noun

ᠰᠡᠯᠡᠩᠭᠡ (selengge)

1. Selenga (a river in Mongolia and Russia, flows into Baikal Lake)
   • 1675, The Letter of Tüsiyetü Khan Čaqundorji to the Russian Tsar:

     ᠲᠡᠳᠡᠴᠡ
     ᠡᠷᠬᠡᠦ ᠭᠢ᠊ ᠶᠢᠨ
     ᠪᠠᠢᠰᠢᠭ᠌
     ᠰᠡᠯᠡᠩᠭᠡ ᠶᠢᠨ
     ᠪᠠᠢᠰᠢᠩ ᠳ᠋ᠤ
     ᠨ᠋ᠢᠭᠡᠨ
     ᠰᠠᠢᠨ
     ᠬᠦᠮᠦᠨ ᠢ
     ᠢᠯᠡᠭᠡ᠃

     tedeče erkeü-gi--yin baisig selengge-yin baising-du nigen sain kümün-i ilege.

     Thence send a good person to Irkutsk and Selenginsk.

   • 1675, The Letter of Tüsiyetü Khan Čaqundorji to the Russian Tsar:

     ᠬᠠᠷᠢᠶ᠋ᠠᠳ ᠢ
     ᠮᠠᠨ ᠢ
     ᠡᠰᠡ
     ᠥᠭᠭᠦᠭᠡᠳ᠃
     ᠡᠨ᠌ᠡ
     ᠱᠣᠭᠯᠠᠭᠰᠠᠨ ᠢ
     ᠵᠥᠪ᠋
     ᠪᠤᠷᠤᠭ᠍ᠤ ᠭᠢ᠊
     ᠡᠰᠡ
     ᠣᠯᠪᠠᠰᠤ᠂
     ᠰᠡᠯᠡᠩᠭᠡ
     ᠡᠷᠬᠡᠦ
     ᠡᠷᠭᠡ᠋ᠩ ᠶᠢᠨ
     ᠪᠠᠢᠰᠢᠩ
     ᠰᠠᠭ᠍ᠤᠵᠢ
     ᠪᠣᠯᠬᠤ
     ᠦᠭᠡᠢ᠃

     qariyad-i man-i ese öɣgüged. ene šoɣlaɣsan-i ǰöb buruɣu-gi- ese olbasu, selengge erkeü ergeng-yin baising saɣuǰi bolqu ügei.

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Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• ᠰᠡᠯᠢᠩᠭᠡ (selingge), ᠴᠡᠯᠢᠩᠭᠡ (čelingge) — Buryat manuscripts

Descendants

• > Mongolian: (inherited)

  Mongolian script: ᠰᠡᠯᠡᠩᠭᠡ (selengge)

  Cyrillic script: Сэлэнгэ (Selenge)

• → Manchu: ᠰᡝᠯᡝᠩᡤᡝ (selengge)
  • Chinese: 色楞額／色楞额, 色楞格 (Sèlénggé) (via Mandarin)
• → Middle Russian: Селенга (Selenga)
  • > Russian: Селенга́ f inan (Selengá) (inherited)
    • → English: → Selenga (transliteration)