зээр

Mongolian

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *jexeren, commonly derived from Proto-Turkic *yẹgren (“yellow, chestnut”), which is also the source of зээрд (zeerd, “red, chestnut”).

Compare East Yugur jeeren, Western Yugur [script needed] (yiğïr, “gazelle”), Chuvash ҫӳрен (śüren).

Pronunciation

(Ulaanbaatar) IPA^(key): /t͡seːr/

Noun

зээр • (zeer) (Mongolian spelling ᠵᠡᠭᠡᠷᠡ (ǰegere)); (regular declension)

gazelle
1. Mongolian gazelle, zeren
  Synonym: цагаан зээр (cagaan zeer)

Hyponyms

цагаан зээр (cagaan zeer, “Mongolian gazelle”, literally “white gazelle”)
хар сүүлт зээр (xar süült zeer, “goitered gazelle”, literally “black-tailed gazelle”)

Derived terms

үргэсэн зээр шиг (ürgesen zeer šig, “timid as a mouse”)
(?) зээргэнэ (zeergene, “ephedra”)
зээрийн унд (zeeriin und, “Zygophyllum pterocarpum”)

Descendants

→ Russian: дзерен (dzeren)
- → English: zeren, dzeren

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