утас
Mongolian
Etymology
From Proto-Mongolic *hutasun.
Compare Middle Mongolian [Term?] (/hutasun/), Manchu ᡶᡠᡨᠠ (futa, “rope, string”) a (Para-)Mongolic borrowing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʊtʰəs/
- (Ulaanbaatar) IPA(key): [ˈo̙ʰtɵ̙s]
Noun
утас • (utas) (Mongolian spelling ᠤᠲᠠᠰᠤ (utasu), plural утаснууд); (hidden-n declension )
- thread
- wire, cable
- string (of an instrument)
- Synonym: чавхдас (čavhdas)
- telephone
Derived terms
- гар утас (gar utas, “cellphone”)