эгч

эгч

Kalmyk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ekˈtɕə/

Noun

эгч • (egch) (Clear script spelling ᡄᡎᡄᡔᡅ (egeci))

1. (older) sister

References

• A. Pozdneev (1911) Калмыцко-русскій словарь [Kalmyk-Russian dictionary], Saint-Petersburg: Типографія императорской академіи наук, page 20

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Mongolian

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *egeci, compare Dongxiang egvechi.

Noun

эгч • (egč) (Mongolian spelling ᠡᠭᠡᠴᠢ (egeči)); (regular declension)

1. (older) sister
2. (honorific) used to refer to females older than oneself

Coordinate terms

• охин дүү (oxin düü, “younger sister”)

Derived terms

• авга эгч (avga egč, “paternal aunt”)
• нагац эгч (nagac egč, “maternal aunt”)
• бэргэн эгч (bergen egč, “older brother's wife”)