солгой

Mongolian

Mongolian
ᠰᠣᠯᠤᠭᠠᠢ (soluɣai̯)
Cyrillic
солгой (solgoj)

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *solagaï. Compare Buryat hалгай (halgaj), as well as Kazakh солақай (solaqai, “left-handed”),Bashkir һулаҡай (hulaqay, “left-hunded”),Azerbaijani solaxay (“left-handed”),Tuvan солагай (solagay, “left, left-handed”).

Possibly related to Proto-Turkic *sōl (“left”).

Pronunciation

(Mongolia Khalkha) IPA^(key): /sɔɮ.ɢɔi/, [sɔɮ.ʁɜ]

Adjective

солгой • (solgoj)

left-handed
out of tune