зарим
Mongolian
Etymology
From Proto-Mongolic *jarïm (“half”), from Proto-Turkic *yārïm.
Compare Dongxiang zharun, Turkish yarım.
The evolution of sense to some, certain is shared with Buryat зарим (zarim) and Kalmyk зәрм (zärm).
Pronunciation
- (Ulaanbaatar) IPA(key): /t͡sarʲəm/, [ˈt͡sæɾʲɪm]
Adjective
зарим • (zarim) (Mongolian spelling ᠵᠠᠷᠢᠮ (ǰarim))
- some, a certain
- (idiomatically) half
Derived terms
- зарим нь (zarim nʹ)
- заримдаа (zarimdaa)
- зарим нэг (zarim neg)