нуруу
Mongolian
Etymology
From Proto-Mongolic *nïruxun, probably related through borrowing or common inheritance with Proto-Tungusic *nịrị (“spine”).
Compare Dongxiang nurun, Evenki нири (ņiri).
Noun
нуруу • (nuruu) (Mongolian spelling ᠨᠢᠷᠤᠭᠤ (niruɣu)); (hidden-n declension )
- spine, back
- (by extension) stature, height
- mountain range
- mountain ridge
- beam, ridgepole
- haystack
- (figuratively) condition, state of affairs