үхэр
Mongolian
Etymology
- From Proto-Mongolic *hüker, compare Daur xukur.
- The Mongolic terms is likely borrowed from Proto-Turkic *öküŕ, compare Turkish öküz.
Pronunciation
- (Ulaanbaatar) IPA(key): /uxər/, [uçɪr]
Noun
үхэр • (üxer) (Mongolian spelling ᠦᠬᠡᠷ (üker))
- cow, ox (domestic bovine, bovine used as a beast of burden)
- (astrology) a year of the Ox (the second year under the twelve-year lunar cycle.)
- (in compounds) big, huge
Hyponyms
- үнээ (ünee, “cow”)
- бух (bux, “bull”)
- эр үхэр (er üxer, “steer”)
- бяруу (bjaruu, “two-year old calf”)