dzud

dzud

English

WOTD – 26 November 2015

Alternative forms

• zud

Etymology

Borrowed from Mongolian зуд (zud)/ᠵᠤᠳ (ǰud).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(d)zuːd/

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• Rhymes: -uːd

Noun

dzud (plural dzuds)

1. In Mongolia, a summer drought followed by a severe winter, generally causing serious loss of livestock.
   • 2010 April 7, Linda Pressly, “Mongolia on verge of mineral boom”, in BBC News‎, archived from the original on 29 April 2015:

     But the country [Mongolia] is currently experiencing a "dzud" – when a summer drought followed by a severe winter decimates the grazing areas.

Translations

a summer drought followed by a severe winter, generally causing serious loss of livestock

Breton: zoud Chinese: 冬季嚴寒 French: dzud German: Zud, Dsud Italian: zud Korean: 조드 (jodeu) Mongolian: зуд (mn) (zud) Russian: дзуд m (dzud) Turkish: zud