мөөг
See also: moor and Moor
Mongolian
Etymology
From Chinese 蘑菇 (mógu, “mushroom”). Cognate with Manchu ᠮᡝᡤᡠ (megu) and Uyghur موگۇ (mogu).
Noun
мөөг • (möög) (Mongolian spelling ᠮᠥᠭᠦ (mögü))
- mushroom, fungus
- Дэлхий дээр 70 мянга гаруй мөөг байдаг.
- Delxii deer 70 mjanga garuj möög bajdag.
- There are over 70,000 species of mushrooms in nature.
References
- Этимологический словарь монгольских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Mongolian Languages] (in Russian), Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2015