амьтан

Mongolian

MongolianCyrillic
ᠠᠮᠢᠲᠠᠨ
(amitan)
амьтан
(amʹtan)

Etymology

From Classical Mongolian ᠠᠮᠢᠲᠠᠨ (amitan, the lives), from Middle Mongol ᠠᠮᠢᠲᠠᠨ (amitan, plural), from Proto-Mongolic *amitan; equivalent to амь (amʹ, breath; life) + -тан (-tan, substantive ornative suffix). Cognate with Buryat амитан (amitan), Kalmyk әмтн (ämtn), etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /æm.tʰə̠ɴ̟/, [æ̝m.tʰə̠ɴ̟]

Noun

амьтан (amʹtan)

  1. animal
    амьтны хүрээлэнamʹtny xüreelenzoo; zoological garden

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