амьтан

Mongolian

MongolianCyrillic
ᠠᠮᠢᠲᠠᠨ
(amitan)
амьтан
(amʹtan)

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠠᠮᠢᠲᠠᠨ (amitan, “creature”), from Middle Mongol ᠠᠮᠢᠲᠠᠨ (amitan, grammatically plural orantive), from Proto-Mongolic *amitan. By surface analysis, амь (amʹ, “breath; life”) +‎ -тан (-tan, substantive ornative suffix). Cognate with Buryat амитан (amitan), Kalmyk әмтн (ämtn), etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [æ̝m̥.tʰɜɴ̟]
  • Hyphenation: амь‧тан

Noun

амьтан • (amʹtan)

  1. creature
    хамаг амьтан ― xamag amʹtan ― all living beings
  2. animal
    амьтны хүрээлэн ― amʹtny xüreelen ― zoo; zoological garden

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