дийлэх
Mongolian
Etymology
Cognate with Buryat диилэхэ (diilexe) and Kalmyk диилх (diilx) and also attested in a 14th-century Yuan dynasty Middle Mongolian inscription as ᠳᠡᠶ᠋ᠢᠯᠡᠵᠤᠭᠤ (dey᠋ileǰuɣu), but missing in peripheral Mongolic languages.
Verb
дийлэх • (dijleh) (Mongolian spelling ᠳᠡᠶ᠋ᠢᠯᠬᠦ (dey᠋ilkü), passive дийлдэх or дийлэгдэх)
- to defeat, to win
- Synonym: ялах (jalah)
- to manage, to be able
- to overcome
- Synonym: туулах (tuulah)
Derived terms
- (?) дийлэнх (dijlenh, “majority”)