заарь
Mongolian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡saːr/
Etymology
- From Proto-Mongolic *jïxar, compare Daur jaar, East Yugur jaar.
- The Mongolic root seems to derive from Proto-Turkic *yïpar, compare Bashkir йофар (yofar).
Noun
заарь • (zaari) (Mongolian spelling ᠵᠢᠭᠠᠷ (ǰiɣar)); (hidden-n declension )
- musk (odour, secretion)
- musk gland
- Hypernym: булчирхай (bulchirkhai)
- body odour
- Synonym: хулмас (khulmas)
See also
- хүдэр (khüder, “musk deer”)