-тан

See also: тан

Mongolian

Mongolian	Cyrillic
᠊ᠲᠠᠨ (-tan)	-тан (-tan)

Etymology

From Classical Mongolian ᠊ᠲᠠᠨ (-tan), from Middle Mongol [script needed] (-tan). Originally plural or collective of ornative -т (-t) and -тай (-taj). Cognate with Buryat -тан (-tan), Kalmyk -тн (-tn), etc.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʰəŋ/

Suffix

-тан • (-tan)

Forms nouns with the meaning of "with" after noun and adjective stems ending in а (a), аа (aa), иа (ia) у (u), уу (uu) or иу (iu).
‎амь (amʹ, “breath; life”) + ‎-тан (-tan) → ‎амьтан (amʹtan, “the lives; animal”)
‎оюун (ojuun, “wisdom”) + ‎-тан (-tan) → ‎оюутан (ojuutan, “student”)
‎баруун (baruun, “right”) + ‎-тан (-tan) → ‎баруунтан (baruuntan, “rightist”)

Inflection

Vowel harmonic forms of -тан

	back vowel	front vowel
unrounded	-тан -tan	-тэн -ten
rounded	-тон -ton	-төн -tön