мөнгө

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Mongolian

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MongolianCyrillic
ᠮᠥᠩᠭᠦ
(möŋgü)
мөнгө
(möngö)

Etymology

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From Proto-Mongolic *meŋgün, compare Buryat мүнгэн (müngen), Kalmyk мөңгн (möñgn), Dongxiang miengu.

Perhaps related to Western Yugur menek (money), Arghu بَنَكْ (benek, small copper coin) identified by Clauson with Common Turkic *benek (spot, speck, freckle) from Persian بنک (banak, seed, pimple) [1] (perhaps influenced by *beŋ (birthmark)). See Turkish benek.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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мөнгө (möngö) (definite plural мөнгөнүүд); (hidden-n declension)

  1. silver
  2. money
    Alternative form: (abbreviation) мө. (mö.)

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 350