ᠰᠤᠮᠤ

ᠰᠤᠮᠤ

Mongolian

Mongolian
ᠰᠤᠮᠤ (sumu)
Cyrillic
сум (sum)

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *sumun (“arrow”), compare Dongxiang sumu.

The sense 'district' arose during the Qing dynasty as a translation of Manchu ᠨᡳᡵᡠ (niru, “a large arrow, militia company, district”)[1].

Pronunciation

• (Chakhar) IPA^(key): /sʊm/

Noun

ᠰᠤᠮᠤ • (sumu)

1. arrow, projectile, bullet
2. sum (sometimes somon, sumon or sumu) (the second-level civil administrative unit in the Mongolian governance system)

Descendants

• → English: sum
• → Chinese: 蘇木 (sūmù)
  • → English: sumu
• → Buryat: сомон (somon)
  • → Russian: сомон (somon)
    • → English: somon
• → Tuvan: сумон (sumon)
  • → Russian: сумон (sumon)
    • → English: sumon

See also

• ᠠᠶ᠋ᠢᠮᠠᠭ (ayimag)

References

1. Christopher P. Atwood (2004) Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol empire, New York: Facts on File, Inc, page 523