хараацай

Mongolian

Mongolian
ᠬᠠᠷᠢᠶᠠᠴᠠᠶ (qariyačay)
Cyrillic
хараацай (xaraacaj)

Etymology

From an assimilated *karaačaï form of Proto-Mongolic *karïačaï. Associated with the adjective хар (xar, “black”) in some modern languages. Compare Buryat хараасгай (xaraasgaj), Kalmyk харада (harada).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xaraːt͡sʰaɪ/, [χaˈraʰt͡sæ]

Noun

хараацай • (xaraacaj)

swallow (bird)