уурхай
Mongolian
Etymology
Cognate with Buryat уурхай (uurxaj, “nest, mine”), Kalmyk уурха (uurxa, “mine, source”).
Perhaps from Proto-Mongolic *huxur (“grave”) (Middle Mongolian هوور, Mongghul fuuri) + -хай (-haj) if this reconstruction is valid, that is if given cognates don't derive from *hexür (“nest”), for which see үүр (üür).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʊːrxai/
Noun
уурхай • (uurhaj) (Mongolian spelling ᠠᠭᠤᠷᠬᠠᠢ (aɣurqai)); (regular declension )
- mine
- excavation from which ore is extracted along with buildings and equipment used by the mining crew
- ил уурхай ― il uurhaj ― opencast mine
- уул уурхайн үйлдвэр ― uul uurhajn üjldver ― mining industry
- the site containing ore itself
- excavation from which ore is extracted along with buildings and equipment used by the mining crew
- (figuratively) a source
- pit, hole
Derived terms
- уурхайчин (uurhajčin, “miner”)
- үүр уурхай (üür uurhaj, “nest”)