тэрэг

Mongolian

MongolianCyrillic
ᠲᠡᠷᠭᠡ
(terge)
тэрэг
(tereg)

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *tergen. Compare Buryat тэргэн (tergen), Kalmyk тергн (tergn), Daur tergu (vehicle), Dongxiang qierge (cart), Dongxiang qiereigvan (car), East Yugur tergen. Perhaps related to Proto-Tungusic *turki (sleigh), Nivkh т’у (tʼu) or Korean 달구지 (dalguji, cart). Furthermore, compare Even турки (turki), Nanai токи.

Pronunciation

Noun

тэрэг (tereg) (Mongolian spelling); (hidden-n declension)

  1. cart
  2. motorcar
  3. (chess) rook
    Synonym: ханхай (xanxaj) (colloquially)

Declension

Derived terms

See also

Chess pieces in Mongolian · шатрын дүрс (šatryn dürs) (layout · text)
ноён (nojon) бэрс (bers) тэрэг (tereg) тэмээ (temee) морь (morʹ) хүү (xüü)
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